Are the G.O.E.S. NOAA satellites the only satellites we use to predict weather from space?
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There are Geostationary Satellites, which are what the GOES satellites are.  The US has 3 GOES satellites in orbit at a time, Goes East (12) and Goes West (10) as well Goes-11 which is orbiting but not in operation.  If there is a problem with Goes-10 or Goes-12 it would be used as a replacement.  There are other Geostationary Satellites used by other countries such as GMS (Japan) and METEOSTAT (Euro).\nThe other type of satellites are called Polar Orbiters, NOAA uses POES - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite.
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'in real time'\nNope, not for the general public.\n\n[modified below for clarification]\nI'm guessing that you want real-time visual imagery. \n\nBut..\n\nIf you want real-time weather images, then \nhttp://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/\nhttp://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/get-goes?satellite=GOES-8%20HURRICANE&overview&info=ir\n\nand, here's additional source from a google \nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22real+time%22+%22satellite+image%22&spell=1
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The orbit is called geosynchronous.  Check out the NASA website.  Your can see all the satellites we human have put into orbit.  It'll shock you!
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Noaa.gov or weather.gov same site. The National Weather Service. Go through there for local observation sites. GREAT website, easy to navigate you should have no problems.
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Not necessarily true. When I was in the Air Force, I was a weatherman. We got sent to St. Louis to some air pollution research, which meant sending up mini weather balloons. At night, we sent the balloons up with a small light attached to them so we could track them. We had about 10 teams scattered over St. Louis doing this, and after the first night, the newspapers read that there were all kinds of calls made sighting lights in the sky.
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They have specialist called meteorologist who use special technology that connects to satellites that are orbiting the air and picking up waves from the atmosphere. There are several parts to the atmosphere so the also use special kinds of barometers. To make a long story short it's all in technology.
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The "Theory Of Seasons" as first postulated by Marconi in 19th century Bangladesh states that there is a direct and proportional relationship between the seasons and the ambient temperature of the air in the northern latitudes. To wit: The season of winter will bring the lowest temperatures, whilst the season of summer will bring the warmest temperatures. Unproven for over 800 years, this theory was finally proven in August of 2005 with the help of the Super Computer at McMurdo Air Force base... using the programming language "C++" and an algorithm similar to that used in the game "Pong".
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Maybe a geosynchronously orbiting satellite. Those are satellites that rotate with the Earth so it appears that they don't move from our perspective.\n\nObviously, anything else (including stars) would move as the night progressed.\n\nHope that helps.
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Oregon Scientific makes a good one:\nhttp://www.ambientweather.com/wmorscwiprwe.html\n\nYou can look at some alternates there too.
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My Mother-in-Law is convinced that the phases of the moon and changes in the wind predict the weather pattern until the moon starts to next wax/wane.\n\nAs a scientist I know that this is twaddle.\n\nThe trouble is, she has an uncanny knack of being right.
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You can try NASA WORLDWIND
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Air Force Weather Agency :-)
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Try the NOAA website. It's the Nation Oceanic and Atmoshperic Association.
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Geosynchronous orbit - 22,800 miles altitude over the equator\n\n New Launch: 15 February 2006 2335 GMT  \nSite:Pacific Ocean (206 degrees East - 154 West)  \nLauncher:SL-16 3SL  \nInternational Number(s): 2006-003A  \n  \nSSC Name Owner \n28935  ECHOSTAR-10  USA  \n\nThis is a high-power Ku-band satellite with a life span of 15 years. It will be placed at 250 degrees East.
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http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/technology.html
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A lot of Science and Maths goes behind such predictions. Data collected from satellites, weather balloons, planes and land based instruments is analysed for numerical patterns. These patterns are then processed and compared with findings of a particular time span when a certain amount of known rainfall occurred. In the end a forecast is issued.\n\nNowadays, the job is done by Super Computers but there still remains a large room for errors.
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It is called "Satellite".