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Weather and Climate | Meteosat Animation

Meteosat Animation [ ]

Animation of three days using METEOSAT data.
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The animation shows the Asian region over a three day time period, as seen by METEOSAT´s thermal infrared sensor.
Study the animation and answer the following questions:

How do the gray tones change during one day?
What does a lighter and what does a darker gray tone mean?
Where is the difference in the gray tones more intensive than elsewhere, and why?
Which region can be very clearly identified because of its lighter gray tones?
Why is the Himalayan region easy to identify because of its lighter gray tones?