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The Present Use of Satellites for Sea-state Observations and Prediction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
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Weather satellites such as NOAA 6 and 7, which produce the imagery that appears on our television screens, are largely unsuitable for measuring sea-surface conditions since their sensors operate in the visible/infra-red part of the electromagnetic spectrum and, whereas weather patterns can be inferred from images of cloud formations, for much of the time these clouds also deny the sensors a view of the sea surface.
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