Sentences with phrase «radar satellites come»

Radar satellites come equipped with an antenna that sends radio waves to Earth; after hitting the planet's surface, the signal is reflected and scattered back toward a detector that generates an image without the need for visible light.

Not exact matches

It is more sensitive than other weather radar satellites, in part because it comes equipped with a stronger transmitter and a larger antenna at 1.85 metres long.

Data comes from various sources, including observations, weather stations at airports, Doppler radar and satellite imagery, National Weather Service bulletins, and even tidal gages.

Clear air turbulence is an enduring problem for commercial aircraft: pilots can not see it coming, it doesn't reflect signals to onboard radar, and satellite monitors can not detect it.

A study using Earth Remote Sensing satellite radar interferometry (EERS - 1 and -2) observations from 1992 through 2011 finds «a continuous and rapid retreat of the grounding lines of Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Smith, and Kohler» Glaciers, and the authors conclude that «this sector of West Antarctica is undergoing a marine ice sheet instability that will significantly contribute to sea level rise in decades to centuries to come» (Rignot et al. 2014).