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What are those cloud images on TV?
How does the thickness of a cloud change the way it looks from the
satellite?
This is the same image as the previous Infrared example, but the
adjustments are now different:
Dragging on the cloud changes its thickness and its effective brightness.
You can modify the surface temperature with the horizontal sliding scale.
- What happens to the image when you make the cloud thinner?
- What happens to the image when you make the cloud thicker?
- What happens to the image when you decrease the ground temperature?
- What happens to the brightness of the cloud when you change the ground temperature? Why?
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