How do you interpret water vapor imagery?
A dark color or warm color indicates a relative lack of upper level moisture. It does not mean though there is a lack of moisture in the lower levels or at the surface. It could be very moist at the surface or it could be fairly dry. A white or cold color indicates a high concentration of water vapor.
How do you find a satellite?
To view imagery from the operational GOES East (GOES-16) and GOES West (GOES-17) satellites, users may visit https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/.
When using a water vapor image What do the darker areas indicate?
In this imagery, bright blue and white areas indicate the presence of high water vapor or moisture content, whereas dark orange and brown areas indicate little or no moisture present.
Which of the following levels can water vapour imagery typically see?
The correct answer is c. Water vapour imagery sees the mid- to upper-troposphere. Typically, the upper levels of the troposphere are relatively dry, so any convection breaking into this layer contains much higher amounts of water vapor and will contrast dramatically with the other features.
What Colour is water vapor?
Water vapour is a particulate matter. The particles are clusters of vapour molecules. They are translucent so they appear white.
At what altitude do the GOES satellites orbit?
between 160 and 2,000 kilometers
The majority of satellites orbiting the Earth do so at altitudes between 160 and 2,000 kilometers. This orbital regime is called low Earth orbit, or LEO, due to the satellites’ relative closeness to the Earth.
Can satellites be seen with naked eyes?
Only some satellites are large enough, reflective enough, and on low enough orbits to be seen by the naked eye, but on a good night I have seen between five and 10 of them in a few hours of watching. A typical satellite can be visible for several minutes.
What conditions do the dark gray and black areas represent in this water vapor image?
A portion that looks black in the water vapor imagery is called a dark region. A dark region indicates an area of high temperature and the dryness of the upper and middle air there.