PPT-Satellites, Weather and Climate Module 8b:

Air Quality and Remote Sensing What is Air Quality The term Air Quality can have many different definitions A measure of the condition of air relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose . Climate: Average weather conditions for an area over a long period of time.. Weather: condition of the atmosphere at any given time. What effects Climate? . Solar Energy/Intensity. Global Wind Patterns. 04: . Meteorology. Predicting the Weather. Why is predicting the weather important?. Why is accuracy in predicting the weather important?. Are weather predictions. always accurate?. . - let’s talk about . Checking of Assignment . Pronouncing Words and Dividing Word into Syllables. Lesson 2. Read the following Words.. Divide the following words into syllables.. Artificial. Eleventh. Injection. Committee. What are satellites and space probes?. A satellite is a human-built object which revolves around the Earth.. What are satellites and space probes?. A space probe is a robot spacecraft that has left the Earth’s orbit.. Objective: Explain how artificial satellites and space probes are used to explore space. . Key Terms:. Satellite. orbit. Artificial satellites. A satellite is any object, natural or artificial, that follows a curved path around another object in space. The curved path of the object is its orbit.. How They Work. Michael J. Mackowski. Aerospace Engineer. October 2013. . With Updates from Shawn Shepherd. 2. What Satellites Do. Types of Satellite Missions:. Weather. Communications. Navigation. Scientific. Data Products & Services. Edson Nkonde. ‘The Last Mile’ . Saving lives, improving livelihoods and increasing resiliency with tailored weather information services for a changing climate . Livingstone, Zambia, 15-17 March, 2016. . Summer Institute - 2015. Linking SWAC with other sciences. http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap01/tropo.html. Slope of Tropopause between equatorial and polar region – . why ?. Involves the lithosphere . Climate is the average annual pattern of precipitation and temperature at a specific location. Computer temperature maps for January 18, 2016. Current temp. Expected high temp for the day. The farther one predicts from today’s conditions, the less accurate the results may be.. Data Products & Services. Edson Nkonde. ‘The Last Mile’ . Saving lives, improving livelihoods and increasing resiliency with tailored weather information services for a changing climate . Livingstone, Zambia, 15-17 March, 2016. Weather and Climate, and why they matter. How do we describe weather?. Temperature-how hot or cool the air is . Measured in degrees ˚. Fahrenheit: F . (used in the United States). Celsius: C . (metric system, used in most of the world). Altitude. Maritime. climate. Continental climate. Title: What is weather and climate?. 1. Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the following words.. Lesson objectives.. To know the difference between the terms Weather and Climate.. role – single voice principle. – . European. . cooperation. Eric Petermann, . Executive. . Director. Roles. of . weather. services. Operate. national . observing. . systems. Cooperate. . with. Exercise Module 2b. . Assessing . Climate Change. . Business Opportunities. Objective. ToC - Module 2b Exercise. The . objective of this exercise is to. :. Identify new business opportunities for the case company that arise from new demands on...