Re: GOES-7 vs -8

From: Will Estes (westes@usc.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Apr 04 1995 - 14:27:37 PDT


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From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: Re: GOES-7 vs -8
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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 14:27:37 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <9504041952.AA25782@zonker.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> from "Ken Poulton" at Apr 4, 95 12:54:29 pm
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'Ken Poulton says:'
> 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.

I glanced at these, and the 1km images are surprisingly murky and
off-focus.

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Will Estes              Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
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