Satellite Lab

This lab is meant to help you to better understand the distinctions between different types of satellite imagery and their uses. Review all of the study material below, then begin the lab. You may reference the study material at any time during the lab. Read all questions carefully and think through your answers. Your lab will be graded automatically at the end and you will be given a printable version of your answers. Be sure to print this out and keep it with you. We will review the answers in class.

Study Materials

Download and Review this PowerPoint

Other Resources and Study Materials Old Satellite Tutorial Visible satellite loop of thunderstorms developing on a well defined cold front Cyclone animation and labels (fronts, etc) Well developed cyclone example with labels Marine stratus dissipating in California Cold front moving south. Elevated thunderstorms developing, post-cold front Dying thunderstorm complex in Wisconsin with prominant outflow boundary in it's wake Marine layer off CA coast, Burning fog in south-central Texas, stratus in the Texas Panhandle