Healy - Remote Sensing Satellite Data Receiving System
Date Last Modified: March 10, 2010
Real-time satellite imagery of weather and sea ice conditions is provided by an onboard SeaSpace Terascan system. The system is configured to receive real-time data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), NOAA and the Chinese Feng Yun(FY-1) polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. The system can process digital OLS, HRPT and CHRPT data for visible and infrared imagery and DMSP SSM/I for passive microwave. The resolution of the NOAA and FY-1 visible/IR sensors are 1.1km and the DMSP is 0.5km. A list of products that can be generated from this data include:
- Brightness Temperature
- Radiance
- Skin Temperature
- Surface Temperature
- Cloud Products
- Snow and Ice Products
- Land Processes (fire, vegetation, soil)
- Ocean Products (STT)
- Atmosphere profiles and winds
- Precipitation Products
- Water Vapor, Dew Point, Fog
The SeaSpace Terascan System consists of:
- 1.5m full motion LEO L/S band Antenna
- satellite receiver
- Crypto, KG-44/TSEC (Post Delivery)
- Linux data acquisition and processing workstation
- High resolution color printer
For more information see: http://www.seaspace.com/stations/low_res.php