# Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES)

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/polar-operational-environmental-satellite-poes/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/polar-operational-environmental-satellite-(poes)/Polar%20Operational%20Environmental%20Satellite%20(POES).glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/polar-operational-environmental-satellite-(poes)/Polar%20Operational%20Environmental%20Satellite%20(POES).glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

NOAA polar-orbiting satellites have collected data for most of the past 50 years, enabling scientists and researchers to accumulate a very extensive picture of climate change. A stunning library of climate data has been gathered to aid in environmental studies, such as climate change studies, vegetation monitoring, biomass burning, El Niño, pollution and sea ice \[…\]