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- [Source: NASA Earth Science Decadal Survey Studies, http://decadal.gsfc.nasa.gov/3D-Winds.html ] Mission objectives:
* More accurate, longer-term weather forecasts * Improved storm track prediction and evacuation planning * Improved planting and harvesting schedules and outlook
3D-Winds will study tropospheric winds for weather forecasting and pollution transport. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: 3D-WINDS Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: NASA Decadal Survey Short_Name: 3D-WINDS Long_Name: Three-Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space-based Lidar End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2010-05-07 Online_Resource: http://decadal.gsfc.nasa.gov/3D-Winds.html Group: Platform_Logistics Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group
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