Every satellite has a mission control unit and normally a data handling center.
The volume of data received from Terra will exceed 3 terabytes daily, a huge load that will require dedicated and efficient facilities. Its main components are diagrammed. On this page also are comments and two diagrams that review what is known about the Earth s energy budget and how physical climate and biogeochemical systems are intertwined. The page ends with a simplified table of some of the satellites of relevance to the ESE that have been put into orbit or will soon. As we noted earlier, the basic impetus for the kinds of studies we described is to provide input to planners and policy makers.