Uses Of Satellite Images

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Uses of satellite images.

Satellite images have many applications in meteorology oceanography fishing agriculture biodiversity conservation forestry landscape geology cartography regional planning education intelligence and warfare. There are three main types of satellite images available. Satellite imagery was made available to the public when nasa launched their first landsat mission in 1972. By rima chaddha and caitlin feeley.

On these images clouds show up as white the ground is normally grey and water is dark. The uses of satellite imagery. The earliest satellites played key roles in the cold war allowing the soviet union and the united states. It temporarily silenced 80 percent of the pagers in the united states national public radio was not able to distribute its broadcasts to affiliates and broadcasted only via its website and on the cbs evening news the image of dan rather froze while the audio continued.

Satellites provide the meteorologists with the ability to see the weather on a global scale they allow them to follow the effects of phenomena like the volcanic eruptions and the burning gas and the oil fields to the development of large systems like the hurricanes. Visible satellite pictures can only be viewed during the day since clouds reflect the light from the sun.