What Is Infrared Imagery?
Satellite pictures that measure heat instead of light, so they work at night. Colder, higher cloud tops show up as brighter or more colorful. In technical terms: Imagery from thermal infrared channels (for example ABI bands 7-16, 3.9-13.3 micrometers) depicting brightness temperature; longwave window bands show surface and cloud-top temperature, while absorption bands (6.2-7.3 micrometers) sense midlevel and upper-level water vapor.
Also called: IR Imagery, IR
Infrared Imagery In Plain English
Satellite pictures that measure heat instead of light, so they work at night. Colder, higher cloud tops show up as brighter or more colorful.
The Technical Definition
Imagery from thermal infrared channels (for example ABI bands 7-16, 3.9-13.3 micrometers) depicting brightness temperature; longwave window bands show surface and cloud-top temperature, while absorption bands (6.2-7.3 micrometers) sense midlevel and upper-level water vapor.
Lessons That Use Infrared Imagery
- Visible And Infrared Satellite Imagery Unit 13: Weather Satellites
