Received: by zonker.hpl.hp.com (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA25782; Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:52:25 -0700 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:52:25 -0700 From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Return-Path: <poulton@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9504041952.AA25782@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> To: wind_talk@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: GOES-7 vs -8
I'm surprised you like GOES-8 for the Bay Area. I find that GOES-7
(near the Pacific Coast) is easier to read than -8 (near the
Atlantic Coast).
Certainly the 4-km resolution is nice, but what we really need are 1- or
2-km images. I believe 1-km is possible on GOES-8, and I believe 2-km
is possible on GOES-7, but only people with their own satellite
receivers seem to receive and distribute images at those resolutions for
their own areas. http://thunder.atms.purdue.edu/satellite.shtml has
examples for Indiana that are either 1 or 2 km.
Ken Poulton
poulton@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis
"When you're driving hard out on the limit and the true love of speed
comes over you, you don't want to slow up. It's always the same: The
faster you go, the less you care about being able to stop -- ever."
-- Sam Posey
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