Abstract:This article examines the changing framework for producing satellite weather data in the United States since the 2000s, from a government function to one increasingly carried out by the private sector. It explores the controversial attempts to commercialize the production of a particular data source (atmospheric profiles obtained with radio occultation) from the perspective of executives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), members of Congress, atmospheric and climate scientists, and the private sector. It addresses their opposing arguments by focusing, in particular, on the stresses and pressures within NOAA and its resistance to acquiring such data from commercial providers. In so doing, the article discusses the connections between commercial activities and meteorology and, more generally, the relations between science and commerce.

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The Weather Privateers：气象和商业卫星数据

摘要：本文考察了自 2000 年代以来美国生成卫星天气数据的框架变化，从政府职能转变为越来越多地由私营部门执行的职能。它从美国国家海洋和大气管理局 (NOAA) 的高管、国会议员、大气和气候科学家以及私营部门的角度探讨了将特定数据源（通过无线电掩星获得的大气剖面）的生产商业化的有争议的尝试。部门。它通过特别关注 NOAA 内部的压力和压力以及它对从商业提供商获取此类数据的抵制来解决他们的反对论点。在此过程中，本文讨论了商业活动与气象学之间的联系，更一般地说，