SatSignal 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)– QuickSat S-OSI data– EUMETSAT AMV data (Meteosat-8/9)– MODIS SatWind 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

GeoSatSignal

• Overlays – radar data– Ton Lindemann’s Iberian, European & Scandinavian data

• Support compressed TIFF image input• Support for EUMETSAT Meteosat8/9 Archive data

– derived products: air-mass, dust, fog, GII-K, GII-lifted-index, total precipitable water, volcanic-ash

• Support EUMETSAT CLM GRIB data• Support FY2C 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 SC2 (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 L1B 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 FY2C 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 TelliCast data management

• Reduce occurrence of incomplete FSD images– caused by out-of-order data sent over EUMETCast

MSG Data Manager – new data

• FY2C (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-1R

Pass Control

• Add NOAA-19

• NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 frequency swap

SatSignal

• Add gamma 0.6 and 0.8 options– improved cloud structure detail

• Support NOAA-19

• Improved telemetry decoding

SweepGen

• 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

How do I find out more?

www.satsignal.eu

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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