Earth Explorer for catastrophic events
Earth Explorer not only helped people to view different geographical locations but it helps people to predict weather quickly and accurately. An Earth Explorer helps scientist to develop and design of other Earth Explorer related weather prediction models and satellites.
Earth Explorer helped in short-term as well as long-term weather prediction. Earth Explorer is working in the collaboration with atmospheric science department to give short-term weather prediction. Earth Explorer is working to give suite of short-term weather prediction. This weather prediction may be six hour long. Generally, these whether prediction may effects within 24 hours. These short terms weather predictions have helped to predict many devastating events of nature such as thunderstorms, lightening etc. The short-term weather predictions are called convective initiation. This has helped to monitor movement and evolving of clouds. Thus, it helped in weather prediction. This functionality of Earth Explorer is driven by Satellite convection analysis and tracking program. This weather prediction is updated in every half an hour. And it will be posted on Earth Explorer‘s website.
The weather forecast products of earth explorer has helped to give accurate prediction of other nature‘s devastating events such as floods, landslides, earthquakes etc. Earth Explorer also helps people to know more about various surfaces related activities such as earthquakes and volcano activities. Calculating daily solar radiation is another application of earth explorer. The images from earth explorer are near real time; therefore, it helps people to know current- status of the atmosphere.
Earth Explorer usually gets images from satellites such as GEOES-12, which is a geostationary-based satellite, means it monitors particular location of the earth based on several parameters such as time and location. It works on remote sensing platform. This satellite is working from 22000 miles above from the earth. It is located 75-degree west longitude at the equator. This satellite is able to monitor clouds movement and vertical temperature structure of the atmosphere. Additionally, after getting satellite images from the satellites, the images are streamed into the earth explorer and therefore, it is able to display various locations of the earth.
After looking to those satellite images from the earth explorer, it helps weather analyst to monitor cloud movements and development of thunderstorms. This has helped in daily forecasting of weather. It also helped to warn public of developing severe storms. It updates in every 30 minutes, the real-time imagery of Earth Explorer is available in animated format for analysis.
After getting accurate weather prediction, it helps people to take precautionary measurements to prevent catastrophic events on the earth. Additionally, the short-term weather forecast by Earth Explorer helped for strengthening regional capacity, which is a primary objective of Earth Explorer project. This short-term project of Earth Explorer is used for regional weather forecasts.
In other words, earth explorer is a highly effective weather prediction tool, it not only helps people to understand various catastrophic events on the earth but it also helps them to save various earth as well as human resources.
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