satellite data
Space-transmitted measurements
Satellite data is information gathered by artificial satellites orbiting Earth, used for weather forecasting, GPS navigation, communications, environmental monitoring, and scientific research.
The term encompasses everything from imagery of hurricanes forming over oceans to signals that tell your phone where you are.
Satellite data confirmed the extent of deforestation in the Amazon.
Climate scientists rely heavily on satellite data to track changes in ice sheets and sea levels over time.
- remote sensingGathering data without contact
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- telemetryDistant automated data collection
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- cloud coverVisible sky obstruction
weather forecasting · climate modeling · map · orbit · polar orbit · disaster response · mission control · spectrometers · cameras · meteorology · geophysics · signal processing · oceanography · cartography · environmental science · astronomy · GPS · uplink
- environmental dataair quality index, carbon dioxide level, ozone level, temperature rise, sea level
- ozone monitoringozone levels, ozone layer, ozone depletion, ozone hole, stratosphere
- snow sciencesnow depth, snowpack, snow pit, snow tube, core samples
- space scienceastronomy class, planetary science, cosmology, planets, stars
- weather informationweather reports, forecasts, weather bulletins, weather maps, weather radar
- polar researchSouth Pole, North Pole, ice cores, glaciology, polar expeditions