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The technology and observing capabilities of the sensors aboard the world’s environmental satellites are a complex subject. Instead of trying to cover them all, this chapter describes the instruments carried by the Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) as typical and representative of the state of the art.

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P. Krishna Rao Susan J. Holmes Ralph K. Anderson Jay S. Winston Paul E. Lehr

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Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (1990). ATN and GOES Sensors. In: Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (eds) Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-944970-16-1_12

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