🗺️ Satellite World Map
The pace of the floor wind may be measured using an instrument often known as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). This can measure the speed of individual wavelets on the ocean floor, from which the surface wind is inferred. The measurement isn’t possible when cloud is current.
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In the image above, very dry air was present from Oklahoma into Illinois (indicated by the dark colours). Bright white plumes stretching from Missouri to South Carolina point out the very moist air related to thunderstorms occurring within the area.
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The Meteosat satellite is at 0° longitude above the equator and sees the same view of the globe as this. The European Geostationary satellite presently transmitting to us is Meteosat 7. Darker colors point out drier air whereas the brighter the shade of white, the more moisture in the air.
The location of the collared radar echoes point out where precipitation is falling and the various colours indicate the intensity of the precipitation via the colour code within the lower left nook of the image. The example radar image above exhibits several robust thunderstorms transferring through Illinois and Indiana on April 20, 1996. Regions of light and dark blue indicate regions …