Amazing desert and mountain scene in METOP 0416 pass today. Not easy unravelling the geography of this part of the world from satellite images only Robert...
An idea that I had these days: When selecting Metop-chunks for a combination, and when both ascending and descending frames cover the desired area, but one...
... Robert, you know the right-click-in-the-image way to see its location on a map? I agree with you that identifying the geographical position alone from the ...
... atlantic Ah yes, I had a good idea where it was and Google Earth and my atlas helped. But as you say, Ulrich, like the middle of the ocean - at least the...
In the UK we seem to have one of the worst summers for years and the last few days have seen torrential downpours. However, we in north west europe should...
Ike resumes Cat 4 after a brief weakening. Now bearing down on Cuba and looking like traversing the length of the island. On leaving Cuba Ike is forecast to...
Hi Mike, Thanks for the image, I took a peek at the same in HRPT Reader using ch.4-Ch.5 and noticed that the eye of the Hurricane is quite a size, which would...
Below is a Metop image of hurricane Ike this morning. The image has been produced using the ZA algorithm plus an enhancement to bring out more detail in the...
Hi all, Have just posted an image of IKE from yesterday afternoon's Metop pass. Its certainly large and impressive. Coming so soon after Gustav and Hanna,...
In a message dated 07/09/2008 10:27:00 GMT Daylight Time, g4yrz@... writes: We are so lucky not to live in the path of such acts of nature. Rob, Unlike...
Hi John, Thanks for the post. Not at all OT. I certainly hope that this is the case with the jetstream because I plan to move back to UK next spring.I follow...
Nice Image Andrew, My son and his wife live 50 Km south east of Taipei - so they look as though they may be in for some heavy rain. Where they live everything...
Hi Alan, I must say that I am grateful that we don't get Typhoons/Hurricanes here in Europe as such, apart from the odd strong winds in the winter months, so ...
Hi Andrew and all, Andrew posted an image of this typhoon a couple of days ago. Early hours of sunday 14th (local time) the Typhoon made landfall in north east...
Very poor images in the last orbit download from Metop. Let us hope that the problem will be resolved when the next orbit images are sent. Regards Ian...
Further to my previous mail we are now into the third orbit with pretty much unusable images ( lines, image quality problems on IR and Visible ). Hope it is...
Hi Ian Been to busy to check, but looking now the orbit 09987 seems OK. and currently ok. Cheers Alan ... E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.383) ...
Thanks for your mail Alan. Fortunately the problem was resolved, although imaging was basically unusable for about 6 hours. Regards Ian. ... From: "Alan...
There was a clear view of most of the Great Lakes for Metop A from yesterday. I've posted an image. Gamma seems set a bit high but it brings out more detail...
Eumetsat have announced on their web site that the redundant AHRPT transmitter (side-B) will be activated on partial orbits. You will remember that side-A has...
Hi All, Have just posted an image of this Typhoon off the coast of Taiwan. The eye is very large and todays Metop pass is off centre allowing an oblique view...
... Many thanks for posting that, Alan, and for the explanation about the implications of off-axis images. Very dramatic. Cheers, David -- SatSignal software -...
... Many thanks for posting that, Alan, and for the explanation about the implications of off-axis images. Hi David, Just had an email from my son who lives in...
Alan Banks wrote: [] ... Probably a "very dramatic" event I would prefer not to witness in person! Glad to hear he is OK, of course. It brings it home more...
Hi to the Group, Please can anyone have a look at the METOP pass at 16:55 (south bound) on the 30th of September, Pass Region: Lat: 62°S Lon: 135°W - Lat:...
Hi All, Have just spotted another similar object at: 20:16 (south bound) again on the 30 September, Pass Region Lat: 57°S Lon: 175°W - Lat: 53°S Lon:...
Hi Andrew, They are both icebergs. Well spottted. Its unusual to see them so clearly as the area is usually clouded out. The first you saw in the 1655 images...
... Hi Alan, Thanks very much for your help on this one. I have also made note of the website that lists the icebergs, as before I was not able to find a site...