Sat Signal Software Updates David Taylor www satsignal

Sat. Signal Software Updates David Taylor www. satsignal. eu

General • Some software written with Delphi 5 – 9 years old, so no updates – fewer components supporting this old version • Moving to Delphi 2009 – seen as step on the route to 64 -bit software – 64 -bit required for the new data and even some of today's data combinations – characters change from 8 -bit to 16 -bit Unicode – chance of some strange errors in the beta versions!

ATOVS Reader • Support Metop-A data over EUMETCast

AVHRR Manager • • • Version for Windows Vista Support NOAA-19 Add satellite choice for pass list creation Make it easier to locate your Kepler data Add Help, FAQs pointing to the Web Add German translation

BUFR Viewer • New program to decode various wind data • Supports: – ASCATT data (Metop-A) – SCATT data (ERS-2) – Quick. Sat S-OSI data – EUMETSAT AMV data (Meteosat-8/9) – MODIS Sat. Wind data – some EUMETSAT Archive service data • Can be command-line driven

CMA Viewer • Accept compressed files on input • Better interpretation of precipitation data

Equalise • Add Fast option (fewer directory lookups) • Add directory exclude list • Add file exclusion list

Geo. Sat. Signal • Overlays – radar data – Ton Lindemann’s Iberian, European & Scandinavian data • Support compressed TIFF image input • Support for EUMETSAT Meteosat 8/9 Archive data – derived products: air-mass, dust, fog, GII-K, GII-liftedindex, total precipitable water, volcanic-ash • • Support EUMETSAT CLM GRIB data Support FY 2 C image and HDF data over EUMETCast Accept TIFF format files for some overlays Rapid Scan service (RSS) data support

GRIB Viewer • Support EUMETSAT MTP/MPE data • Support new OSI-SAF SST data – global and North Atlantic • Add temperature scale display • Support more NOAA NCEP GFS GRIB data

HDF Viewer • Add support for new vegetation products – vegetation cover, leaf area index, absorbed photosynthetic active radiation – Europe, North and South Africa, South America • • Support SC 2 (snow-cover) data Improve opening of multi-file data Improve Open Latest function Return ERRORLEVEL for us in batch jobs

HRPT Reader • • Accept VCS-format L 1 B data Add two European-convection CLUTs Support NOAA-19 data Still awaiting some calibration data – e. g. NOAA-19 SST

Kepler Manager • Add NOAA-19 support

Metop Manager • Choice of map longitude origin – helps with New Zealand data • Support NOAA-19 GAC and ATOVS data • Full-colour boundary choice • Enhanced GAC image options

MSG Animator • Add support for FY 2 C data • Add support for rapid-scan MPE and FIR data • Multi-language menus

MSG Data Manager • Add "Inset hourly GOES images" option • Add auto-clean function for Telli. Cast data management • Reduce occurrence of incomplete FSD images – caused by out-of-order data sent over EUMETCast

MSG Data Manager – new data • • • FY 2 C (CMA) image and meteorological data LSA-SAF EPS data GRAS-SAF refractivity data GTS/LAM/MDD-5 data New format daily log files New Weekly Report data Both. Z and. GZ extensions for CMA data MODIS Fire data HRIT data direct from MTSAT-1 R

Pass Control • Add NOAA-19 • NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 frequency swap

Sat. Signal • Add gamma 0. 6 and 0. 8 options – improved cloud structure detail • Support NOAA-19 • Improved telemetry decoding

Sweep. Gen • Add square-wave option • Add loop option to slow-sweep mode

Tiny Ben • Add Digital Clock overlay option • Add day of week to hint display • Enhance UTC options to allow choice of. . – analog clock in UTC – digital clock in UTC – date and day number hint in UTC

WXtrack • • • Add a fourth Kepler bank. Add Mars to tracker pointing targets Extended day/night shading options Add high-precision large tracker text Switch between multiple ground stations – remote station monitoring • Add azimuth crossings to Solar Outage list • Extra support for EGIS EPS-103 rotor • Improved Google Earth support

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Thanks…. • • • To EUMETSAT for all the data To YOU for your continuing support To GEO for organising events like today To the GEO team for their support To all who write for the GEO Quarterly