Behind every weather forecast—from your local, five-day prediction to a late-breaking hurricane track update—are the satellites that make them possible. Government agencies depend on observations from weather satellites to inform forecast models that help us prepare for approaching storms and identify areas that need evacuating or emergency first responders.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Elizabeth Willaman (Willaman Creative): Lead Producer Andrea S. Martin (SGT): Producer Kerri Cahoy (MIT): Scientist This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12771
