Mission Statements

"The Satellite Services Division supports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service missions by providing real-time and near real-time environmental data, analyses, and interpretations from Polar Orbiting and Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites to a diverse user community for environmental assessment, prediction, and stewardship."

In this new millennium, pioneer development and implementation of superior quality environmental satellite services and products which surpass customer requirements.

The Interactive Processing Branch utilizes interactive processing technology to operationally support products derived from satellite-based remote sensors. The Branch serves as the NESDIS focal point for the development and implementation of interactive workstation technology, image processing capabilities, geographic information systems, and telecommunications networks used for operational applications of environmental satellite data. The Branch provides services in the applications of interactive image and graphics processing and the integration of interactive image processing capabilities into centralized, regional, and local analysis systems. The Branch provides general day-to-day management for the Interactive Processing Center, including oversight of system and physical configuration, scheduling and monitoring facility utilization, proposing resource support for the upkeep and growth, and the integration of telecommunications networks. The Branch also supports requests for short term, special events using this technology.

The Satellite Analysis Branch serves as the operational focal point for real-time imagery products and multi-disciplinary environmental analyses within NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The Branch's primary mission is to support disaster mitigation and warning services for U.S. Federal agencies and the international community. Routine environmental analyses are provided to forecasters and the numerical models of the National Weather Service, and to oceanographic and other environmental users. The Branch schedules and distributes real-time satellite imagery products from global geostationary and polar orbiting satellites to environmental customers.