The+atmosphere+and+the+weather

By Arun Kulshreshtha (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0-us (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en)], via

Have a look at this presentation to learn about the Earth's atmosphere: media type="custom" key="29505015" Click on the photograph and you will see the different layers of the Atmosphere: media type="custom" key="8526728" By ISS Expedition 23 crew (NASA Earth Observatory)[see page for license], via Wikimedia Commons

Now let's turn to weather. media type="custom" key="29505017"

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We use weather satellites to study and measure weather. In the USA, they use the Geostationary Operational Enivironmental Satellite (or GOES) system. Those satellites are launched on rockets such as Delta IV. Do you want to see one of them being launched? media type="youtube" key="WhhACIqczO4" height="390" width="640"