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Geostationary satellites have a distinct advantage over polar orbiting satellites in that they furnish the meteorologist with frequent images of fixed areas. Following the launch of the NASA Applications Technology Satellite (ATS), it was quickly shown that animating these images permits ready observation of motions and changes in cloud and weather systems. Quantitative estimates of winds obtained by measuring cloud motions are now an important satellite product. While these estimates only supplement more conventional forms of wind measurement over many areas, they provide the only wind information over many other areas.
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Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (1990). Cloud Drift Winds. In: Rao, P.K., Holmes, S.J., Anderson, R.K., Winston, J.S., Lehr, P.E. (eds) Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-944970-16-1_24
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