One such gas is water vapor.
Water vapor satellite definition.
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Water vapor imagery is used to analyze the presence and movement of water vapor moisture in the upper and middle levels of the atmosphere.
Since water vapor is present everywhere water vapor satellite images show air motions in the atmosphere even in areas of blue skies with no clouds.
The upper and middle levels of the atmosphere are from above the troposphere there is very little moisture.
See the latest united states water vapor weather satellite map.
The purple areas show more water vapor while red areas show less.
Water vapor is a relatively common atmospheric constituent present even in the solar atmosphere as well as every planet in the solar system and many astronomical objects including natural satellites comets and even large asteroids.
The wavelength spectrum used to detect water vapor is in the 6 7 to 7 3 micrometer wavelength range.
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Likewise the detection of extrasolar water vapor would indicate a similar distribution in other planetary systems.
In this imagery bright blue and white areas indicate the presence of high water vapor or moisture content whereas dark orange and brown areas indicate little or no moisture present.
Thus even though water vapor is an invisible gas at visible wavelengths our eyes can t see it and at longer infrared wavelengths the fact that it emits so readily between roughly 6 and 7 microns means the radiometer aboard the satellite can see it.
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Water vapor imagery is created using a wavelength sensitive to the moisture content in the atmosphere.
Near a wavelength of 6 5 microns water vapor.
Notice the area of spin over seattle and the ripples over northern california and oregon.