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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

4118.0. "NOAA 11 Photo" by DICKNS::MACDONALD (VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs) Fri Sep 14 1990 11:45

    I've uploaded NOAA11.LZH to TAPE::USER2:[UPLOAD].
    
    This archive contains a weather satellite photo from the low earth
    orbiting NOAA 11 bird. The photo is an extremely sharp 16-level grey
    scale image. The challenge for all of you is to tell me what part of
    the coast is in the photo. Remember, the birds travel south to north 
    in polar orbits. This one passed at a maximum elevation of 75 degrees.
    
    I captured this one off my Realistic PRO-2005 scanner on 137.62 MHz in
    NBFM mode. I used the AEA AVT interface for the Amiga and the Overview
    Systems APT option board. The image was captured in realtime as the
    satellite passed by.
    
    The archive contains the following file formats:
    
    .IFF
    .GIF
    .SIX
    .PS

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4118.1	New Brunswick	CSC32::K_APPLEMAN		`Mon Sep 17 1990 13:08`	14
	We've got it!! If you print the picture and view it from the back side of the sheet, the location is obvious. In the center left of the picture, you can see the Great Lakes and Michigan. In the center right of the picture, is New Brunswick. (These locations are looking at the picture from the front of the sheet). The St. Lawrence River is in the center of the picture. Kudos to Bart Craft for winning the NOAA Picture Identification Lottery. Ok, what does he win? Ken (entering this for Bart)
4118.2	Polar orbits.	HPSRAD::BUSCH	Dave Busch, MRO1-2/S10	`Mon Sep 17 1990 13:47`	7
	< Remember, the birds travel south to north in polar orbits. Please explain what you mean by this. If, by 'birds', you mean satelites, what do they all do when they pile up at the north pole? :^) Dave
4118.3	More Info	DICKNS::MACDONALD	VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs	`Mon Sep 17 1990 14:34`	10
	I received some even better pictures from NOAA 11 yesterday. Now that I figured out the difference between left and right, I'll upload some more. NOAA 10 appears to be sending only infrared images. The available light images from NOAA 11 and NOAA 9 are particularly impressive near the terminator since the shows of the clouds create a 3-D effect. I've annotated the new pictures in DP III with georgraphic points of interest. I'm looking forward to a day when the east coast is free of clouds. That should produce some impressive results. Paul
4118.4	Typo	DICKNS::MACDONALD	VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs	`Mon Sep 17 1990 14:35`	1
	Needless to say, that should have read, "shadows of the clouds."
4118.5	New Upload	DICKNS::MACDONALD	VAXELN - Realtime Software Pubs	`Tue Sep 18 1990 08:13`	3
	I've uploaded a better shot of the East Coast taken from NOAA 11 on Sunday. The archive is noaa11_900916.lzh in tape::user2:[upload]. It contains .IFF, .PS, .GIF, and .SIX versions.