SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Satellites provide information about Earth’s clouds, oceans, land and air. They also can observe wildfires, volcanoes and smoke. All this information helps scientists predict weather and climate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Artificial satellites can be used for: communications – satellite television and phone calls; Earth observation-including weather forecasting, tracking storms and pollution, spying and satellite photography; navigation-including the Global Positioning System (GPS);

Detailed explanation-3: -Artificial satellites are man-made and are launched from Earth. They revolve around Earth much closer than the Moon.

Detailed explanation-4: -A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. Satellites can be polar orbiting (covering the entire Earth asynchronously), or geostationary (hovering over the same spot on the equator).

Detailed explanation-5: -Satellites also provide information about the color of the ocean. For example, color data helps researchers determine the impact of floods along the coast, detect river plumes, and locate blooms of harmful algae that can contaminate shellfish and kill other fish and marine mammals.

Detailed explanation-6: -Weather Satellites are an important observational tool for all scales of NWS forecasting operations. Satellite data, having a global view, complements land-based systems such as radiosondes, weather radars, and surface observing systems. There are two types of weather satellites: polar orbiting and geostationary.

Detailed explanation-7: -Earth orbiting spacecraft observe phenomena that are large and global in scale. Using a variety of sensors, satellites may record data that would require tens of thousands of ground-based measurements. Much has been learned about our planet from the vantage point of space that we could not see from the ground.