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Metorological Satellites: Meteorological use and what they have found. Uses of satellites

user:pbeder Your topic needs to be refined. you need to explain how this technology is effecting a part of society. What are the effects of these satellites on weather forecasting? Has weather forecasting improved? How have (these satellites) improved weather forecasting effected society?

= = You have information here, you now need organization. Please organize your questions, facts and information into a logical presentation Phil user:pbeder

1) Satellites depend on algorithms derived from assumptions based on incomplete knowledge of the physics of rainfall.// //2) Researchers used a technique based on the concept of a "probability distribution function" (PDF), a measure of the likelihood that rain will fall with a given intensity over a given area and for a chosen period of time.// //3) Drizzles occur more frequently, and are associated with clouds that cover large areas; they can control the radiance energy from the sun more effectively.// //2) Things that I found interesting.// //1) These satellites sent the information to monitors.//**
 * //3 things that I discover.
 * //2) NASA Detects Trends in Rainfall Traits from Drizzles to Downpours//**
 * //1) Question that i still have?//**
 * //Why is a "mission impossible," the detection of long-term global rainfall has been considered?//**

1) Heavy water vapor molecules have more neutrons than lighter ones do. 2) Tropical rainfall evaporation and water "exhaled" by forests are key sources of moisture in the tropical atmosphere. 3) The main role of the atmosphere in Earth's climate system is to take energy deposited by the sun and dispose of it back into space. 2 THINGS I FOUND INTERESTHING 1) NASA scientists have used a shrewd spaceborne detective to track the origin and movement of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere. 2) NASA, atmospheric water vapor is the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer instrument on the Aura satellite. 1 QUESTION THAT I STILL HAVE 1) how they know when the satellite tell them what is the temperature.
 * 3 THINGS I DISCOVERED

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3 THINGS THAT I FOUND DISCOVERED -1)The instruments on TRMM provide data and precision that other satellites cannot.(the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, ) -2) Its precipitation radar is unique because it measures the properties of a storm with high vertical resolution, helping scientists to identify the stronger rising air currents, or updrafts, in a thunderstorm. 3) TRMM has a round a lightning sensor, which identifies both cloud-to-ground and in-cloud lightning, and its microwave imager gives detailed information on the ice content within a storm and related to the speed of updrafts.

2 THINGS THAT I FOUND INTERESTING - 1) this map represents the uneven distribution of worldwide lightning with color variations indicating the average annual number of lightning flashes per square kilometer. -2) The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and is designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall.

1 QUESTION THAT I STILL HAVE. 1) Why " TRMM, could only study individual storms that were captured by a ground-based radar or lightning network"**

1)The MetOp satellite series consists of three spacecraft, including MetOpA, which are designed to provide operational data until 2020. 2)- MetOp's LEOP will be initiated by an auto-sequence that includes releasing and deploying the solar array. 3) The organization has battery life sufficient for a few hours of operation and without solar power, the mission can't proceed the satellite cannot work.
 * 3) THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED

2 THINGS THAT I FOUND INTERESTING 1) European MetOp-A Satellite Images THIS IS A IMAGE sent by European polar-orbiting satellite, MetOp-A, with a NOAA instrument onboard. -2) The AVHRR instrument detects reflected solar energy and radiated thermal energy from land, sea, clouds and the atmosphere(Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, or AVHRR)**


 * 1) QUESTION THAT I STILL HAVE**
 * Where these pictures go?**

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