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The following Meteosat images are from 16 March 2000. The images are infrared images, which means that the temperature is shown on a scale ranging from white (low temperatures) to black (high temperatures).

Describe three images taken at different times of the day.

Describe the cloud formation around the Alps.

Compare the temperatures in Italy and the Mediterranean in the three images. Why do the relative temperatures change in the two areas over the course of the day?
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
06:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
08:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
10:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
12:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
14:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
16:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
18:00
 
 
Meteosat image, 16 March 2000
20:00
 
 
 


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