Sources Of Data Used To Create A Weather Forecast Flashcards
List three sources of data used to create a weather forecast.
- Weather balloons
- Weather ships
- Satellites (geostationary and polar)
Land-based weather stations are staffed by…
professional meteorologists who take observations every hour
The purpose of weather balloons to collect information about the…
upper parts of the atmosphere
Weather balloons collect information using a…
radiosonde
Weather balloons are rubber and…
filled with helium to lift the radiosonde up
Information collected using a radiosonde is then…
transmitted back to computers on the ground
List three weather elements that a radiosonde measures.
- Temperature
- Air pressure
- Wind speed
Weather buoys float…
in the ocean
Weather buoys collect…
information about the weather
Weather buoys send information they collect to weather stations using…
satellite communications
Most ships carry…
weather recording devices
Weather ships transmit information they collect to…
the Met Office where it is collated
Name the two types of satellite.
Geostationary and polar
Satellites are launched into orbit to…
record weather
Satellites use …. to view the Earth
radiometers
Satellites can produce ….. to help locate cloud formations in daylight
visible light images
Satellites can produce ….. which can help in seeing the Earth in either nighttime or daytime
infrared images
Geostationary satellites hover over the…
same spot on Earth
Geostationary satellites move at the…
same speed as the Earth’s rotation
Geostationary satellites remain over the…
equator at a height of 36,000 km
Give an example of a geostationary satellite.
European Meteosat satellite
Satellites have a ….. to detect the speed and direction of winds
scatterometer
Satellites have a ….. to produce colour images of clouds
radiometer
Geostationary satellites only provide weather data about…
one place
Polar satellites provide weather data about the…
whole world
Polar satellites travel around the Earth about…
fourteen times a day
