Polar Operational Environmental Satellite/Definition

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Polar Operational Environmental Satellite [r]: A U.S. civilian government satellite that provides nonimaging and environmental information from polar orbit, for applications including weather, forest fire and volcanic alerts, vegetation analysis, and oceanic temperature measurement; distinct from the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System that is civil-military