this array of instrumentation , flown on twenty-eight spacecraft , has permitted the researcher and operational user to ( 1 ) remotely measure surface temperatures , ( 2 ) deduce the vertical profiles of temperature , water vapor , and ozone , ( 3 ) ascertain atmospheric kinematics from cloud motions , cloud characteristics , and circulation patterns , ( 4 ) detect and track cyclones and local storms , ( 5 ) calculate the heat balance of the earth-atmosphere system , ( 6 ) determine the nature and distribution of cloud cover , and ( 7 ) remotely detect natural resource boundaries and characteristics .
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temperatures
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characteristics