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Remote sensing

Weather satellites

Weather satellites provide global coverage both day and night of cloud and weather patterns. Satellites are important sources of information in data sparse areas.  Before weather satellites were used, severe storms, such as hurricanes and typhoons, went undetected until they moved dangerously close to inhabited areas.  Residents of the regions affected had little advance warning. Today, satellites spot these storms while they are still far out in the ocean and track them accurately. Below is a list of some of the real time satellite images of the Caribbean available on the Internet.

Western Atlantic and Caribbean (NOAA)

Real time images and loops:
Visible Image - Loop
Infrared Image - Loop
Shortwave IR Image - Loop
IR (color enhanced) Image - Loop
Water Vapor Image - Loop

Please note! Local time = UTC - 4

More NOAA satellite images.

Eastern Caribbean and Atlantic (Meteo-France)

New image every three hours  (02:00, 05:00, 08:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 23:00 Local Time).

Lesser Antilles Small Scale: from Saint Kitts to Trinidad (RAMSDIS/CIRA)

Real time images and loops: visible, thermal infrared and water vapor 

Learning modules on satellites

• The MeTeD of the COMET project has at their public and K-12 outreach site a module (at high school/undergraduate level) on Remote Sensing Using Satellites where you can explore recent hurricanes through satellite imagery.

• Online guide on satellite meteorology of the weather world 2010 project of University of Illinois, USA.

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