figure 76v. NOAA 10, March 29, 1994
visible image courtesy of G. Chester, Smithsonian Institution,
Albert Einstein Planetarium
Refer to figure 72a, page 178 for additional information abouth this image.Reception of satellite images is often affected by local sources of interference—
noise. On satellite images, interference typically appears as horizontal stripes, as in
this image. Common sources of interference are household appliances, motors
(heating and cooling, vacuum cleaners, etc.), radio and aircraft transmissions,
automobiles, and fluorescent lights. The higher the frequency, the less susceptible
the receiving equipment is to noise (geostationary reception is less affected than
polar-orbiting satellite reception).