Satellite Imagery

Question 1

Polar orbiting satelites circle the earth _ times a day.

Answer 1

14

Question 2

What altitude are geostationary orbits of satellites at?

Answer 2

36000km

Question 3

What is one disadvantage of geostationary satellites?

Answer 3

Because they are in orbit over the equator, they cant see much above 60° North latitudes

Question 4

Where are the Polar Orbitin satellites?

Answer 4

850km above the earth. Circle the earth every 105 minutes

Question 5

What are the two types of satellite images?

Answer 5

Visible (like what our eyes would see) or infrared (measures temperatures, can be done in many different wavelengths), which can tell us about surface temps, cloud top temps, and moisture content of the air

Question 6

What are white temp and color temp style of satellite imagery?

Answer 6

Question 7

What is another way to think of infrered satellite images?

Answer 7

Think of them as temperature imagery. Anything above a temp of -272°C will emit IR radiation

Answer 8

The smallest object (resolution) that can be identified from an infrared image is 4KM