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Catching a bolt from beyond the blue
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24 Jul, 2014

Catching a bolt from beyond the blue

Posted by Ruth McAvinia, In Climate, Spacecraft, Weather By Geostationary, lightning, meteosat third generation, MTG, satellite With 0 Comments

The Meteosat satellites in geostationary orbit are important for nowcasting – where forecasters predict what will happen over the next few hours. The satellites help meteorologists to spot strong and severe thunderstorms ...

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