US Army Space Cadre Basic Course (ASCBC): Day 6 Review Questions and Answers 100% Correct
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Army Space Cadre
US Army Space Cadre Basic Course
(ASCBC): Day 6 Review Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
The organization that provides weather products to the Air Force and the Army: The 557th
Weather Wing
The organization that provides weather products to the Navy and Marine Corps: The Fleet
Numerical...
US Army Space Cadre Basic Co urse (ASCBC): Day 6 Review Questions and Answers 100% Correct The organization that provides weather products to the Air Force and the Army: The 557th Weather Wing The organization that provides weather products to the Navy and Marine Corps: The Fleet Numerical and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) The organiza tion that commands and controls all of our nation's weather satellites, both military and civil: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) US weather satellites are in what Orbit? LEO The US weather satellites: - Defense M eteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) - Suomi National Polar -Orbiting Partnership Weather satellites provide: - Meteorological Data - Space Weather Data - Night Time Imaging The satellites that are capable of night time imaging (detecting night tim e lights): - DMSP - Suomi NPP/Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) The satellite constellation that has the experimental GPS Radio Occultation instrument that uses GPS signals to depict atmospheric status: Cosmic 2 The US weather satellite const ellation that is in GEO: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) US Army Space Cadre Basic Co urse (ASCBC): Day 6 Review Questions and Answers 100% Correct The number of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) in the constellation: 5 in the constellation The type of imagery that has the best spatial resolution: Panchromatic Imagery Multi -spectral imaging provides unique capabilities to identify and differentiate materials on the ground based on their what? Spectral Signature The amount of images taken by panchromatic imagery: One image The amount of images taken by multi spectral imagery: Multiple Layered Images the smallest distance by which two objects can be separated and still be distinguished Spatial Reso lution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) can take images when: Can take images all day or night What determines spatial resolution: A sensor's ability to distinguish between multiple wavelengths What does elevation data provide for satellite imag ery? Adds extra data points which in turn adds more precision A description of change protection: The process of using two or more images from the same sensor of the same area acquired at different times to detect what pixels have changed How i s change detection depicted on images? - Red has Fled (something moved away) - Blue is New (something showed up)
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