The Emergence Machine

Weather Satellite

physical · Meteorology · Level 6 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A weather satellite is an artificial satellite designed to observe and transmit data about the Earth's weather and climate, using the principles of satellite technology to maintain its orbit and receive and retransmit signals carrying information.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “weather satellite” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “weather satellite”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
weather satellite
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Weather SatelliteSatelliteWeatherOrbitTemperatureAirGravityPhysicsForceFormMassPlanetChangeActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesWeather SatelliteL6ChangeL1SatelliteL5WeatherL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    weather satellite requires understanding change as a foundational concept
  • Satellite L5 (requires)
    weather satellite builds on the concept of satellite
  • Weather L5 (requires)
    weather satellite builds on the concept of weather