Weather Satellite Images Of Earth

The visible satellite imagery is essentially a snapshot of what the satellite sees unlike infrared ir satellite imagery which depicts the temperature of the clouds.

Weather satellite images of earth.

Visible satellite images which look like black and white photographs are derived from the satellite signals. Clouds usually appear white while land and water surfaces appear in shades of gray or black. This high resolution imagery is provided by geostationary weather satellites permanently stationed more than 22 000 miles above the earth. Warmest lowest clouds are shown in white.

West coast alaska central alaska southeastern alaska northern pacific ocean hawaii tropical pacific ocean southern. As the sun approaches midday. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis. Use this web map to zoom in on real time weather patterns developing around the world.

Click on goes east band reference guide to find out the primary usage of each of the goes east bands. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Coldest highest clouds are displayed in shades of yellow red and purple. Visible channel 0 65 µm the channel 0 65µm lies in the visible region 0 4µm 0 7µm of the electromagnetic spectrum which can be seen with naked eye.

Coverage area depictions are approximate. The united states satellite images displayed are infrared ir images. Previously known as flash earth. Active storms ts gamma hu marie goes west pacus full disk pacific northwest pacific southwest u s.

Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map. The visible channel senses reflected solar radiation. Download imagery via the maps below. Clouds the earth s atmosphere and the earth s surface all absorb and reflect incoming solar radiation.