NOAA-9 vs SRTM
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NOAA-9
NOAA-9 is an American weather satellite launched in December 1984 as part of the TIROS-N series. It operates in a polar orbit, carrying instruments such as the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/2). These tools allowed the satellite to provide continuous global atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles. It was operated by t...
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SRTM
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was an international project led by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and NASA. Flown aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in February 2000, it utilized a synthetic aperture radar system to acquire land elevation data. The mission produced a near-global digital elevation model (DEM) covering latitudes between 60 degrees north and 56 degrees...
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