Question

ch 7 weather: weather forecasting: what type of weather data are directly measured from the geostationary operational environmental satellites? temperature of objects visible images of clounds direction of air movement measured with radar air speed near the ground measured with radar water vapor

Explanation:

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) are designed to monitor Earth's weather, climate, and environment. They use sensors to directly measure visible images of clouds (using visible light channels) and water vapor (using infrared channels sensitive to water vapor absorption bands). Temperature of objects (usually surface - based measurements), direction of air movement with radar (more of a derived product using wind - tracking techniques from multiple satellite passes or ground - based radar in combination), and air speed near the ground with radar (ground - based or lower - altitude aircraft/balloon - based in situ measurements or derived from Doppler radar which is not a direct GOES measurement) are not the direct measurements from GOES in the context of typical satellite - based remote sensing for these satellites.

Answer:

Visible images of clouds, Water vapor