In this section, we explore the three most common types, or bands, of satellite imagery used for weather analysis and forecasting: VIS, IR, and WV. Although modern satellites work at many more than three bands, our goal here is not to replicate a remote sensing course experience, but instead reinforce the utilities of satellite imagery for analysis and forecasting.Satellite imagery depicts the Earth’s surface at various spectral, temporal, radiometric, and increasingly detailed spatial resolutions, as is determined by each collection system’s sensing device, and the orbital path of its reconnaissance platform (Walsh et al., 1998). Spatial resolution refers to the smallest measurable area on the ground, the instantaneous field of view (IFOV), that can be sensed in a single pass by a given detector. The scale of a sensing target determines the adequacy of a sensor with regard to its spatial resolution.