Infrared Imagery

CHAPTER TWO

METEOROLOGY FLIGHT PLANNING

Figure 2-14 Visible Satellite Imagery

Infrared Imagery

The second type of imagery is the infrared (IR) satellite (Figure 2-14). With an IR picture, we

are looking at heat radiation being emitted by the clouds and earth. The images show

temperature differences between cloud tops and the ground, as well as temperature gradations of

cloud tops over the surface of the Earth. Ordinarily, cold temperatures are displayed as light gray

or white. High clouds appear the whitest, middle clouds appear light gray, and low clouds appear

dark gray.

Figure 2-15 Infrared Satellite Imagery

2-16 DATA DISPLAYED ON WEATHER IMAGERY PRODUCTS