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| Satellite Images, page 391 | ||
| Global Hydrology and Climate Center | ||
| NASA’s Global Hydrology and Climate Center web site shows visible, infrared, and water vapour satellite images of major geographic regions. Images may be viewed either still or as animations in real time and have a zoom-in feature. Site contains “Usage tips” that describes the many features that can be used to view the images. ( http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ ) | ||
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| Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies | ||
| This web site shows a variety of different images such as winds, tropical storms, moisture, clouds and sea surface temperature. ( http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/ ) | ||
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| Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) | ||
| Here you can see images from 35,800 km above Earth. Because geosynchronous satellites stay above a fixed spot of Earth’s surface, they provide continuous images of the atmospheric severe weather conditions such as tornadoes, flash floods, hailstorms, and hurricanes. ( http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/ ) | ||
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