meteorological satellite

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an artificial satellite that gathers data concerning the earth's atmosphere and surface in order to aid meteorologists in understanding weather patterns and producing weather forecasts.

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Also called weather satellite.

Words nearby meteorological satellite

meteorogram, meteorograph, meteoroid, meteorol., meteorological, meteorological satellite, meteorology, meteorotropic, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meter

Example sentences from the Web for meteorological satellite

Initially, it will be able to carry 1,000-pound satellite-guided bombs or 500-pound laser-guided weapons.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For air supplier Hughes Aircraft, it was crucial satellite pieces from Russia.
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These days they are occasional meteorological irruptions, white river mists, not dense and toxic industrial pea-soupers.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thus the report on the Guy Fawkes effigies, which also was picked up by RT, the English-language Russian satellite channel.
Think Putin’s Bad? Wait for the Next Guy|Anna Nemtsova|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.
Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years|Matthew R. Francis|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was captured many years ago in an attempt to overthrow the rule of Wananda upon a small satellite planet.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
It is as positive a fact as a meteorological, astronomical, philosophical, or chemical observation.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
Such an attachment of a small or weak toward a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.
Key-Notes of American Liberty|Various
His Life by his satellite Boswell holds the first place among biographies as a triumph of portraiture.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
Trinity House sent them the usual blanks and instruments for recording meteorological observations.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel

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