Next Scheduled Satellite Passes over Ferndown, Dorset, UK.
Satellite Name
Start of Pass
End of Processing
Direction
Maximum Elevation Degrees (East or West)
Frequency MHz
UTC
Local Time*
UTC
Local Time*
NOAA 15
01 Sep 08:30
01 Sep 09:30
01 Sep 08:47
01 Sep 09:47
137.62
NOAA 19
01 Sep 10:35
01 Sep 11:35
01 Sep 10:53
01 Sep 11:53
137.10
NOAA 18
01 Sep 11:29
01 Sep 12:29
01 Sep 11:47
01 Sep 12:47
137.9125
NOAA 15
01 Sep 18:15
01 Sep 19:15
01 Sep 18:32
01 Sep 19:32
137.62
NOAA 19
01 Sep 20:25
01 Sep 21:25
01 Sep 20:43
01 Sep 21:43
137.10
NOAA 18
01 Sep 21:20
01 Sep 22:20
01 Sep 21:37
01 Sep 22:37
137.9125
NOAA 18
01 Sep 23:01
02 Sep 00:01
01 Sep 23:18
02 Sep 00:18
137.9125
NOAA 15
02 Sep 08:04
02 Sep 09:04
02 Sep 08:22
02 Sep 09:22
137.62
* local time is GMT Daylight Time.
About the Enhancements
HVCT-precip
HVCT false colour creates a false coloured image using the HVC colour model by combining a sensor 1 or 2 (visible/near infrared)
image with a sensor 4 image (thermal infrared). High cold cloud tops are coloured to give an approximate indication of the probability
and intensity of precipitation.
MCIR
Map Coloured IR uses sensor 4 (thermal infrared) to create a false coloured image to colour the sea blue and land green.
High clouds are white and lower clouds are grey.
MCIR-anaglyph
Map Coloured IR 3D image is the same as MCIR but in 3D showing the clouds at different heights above the surface.
MSA
Multispectral Analysis combines a sensor 1 or 2 (visible/near infrared) image with a sensor 4 (thermal infrared) image on daytime
passes and determines which regions are most likely to be cloud, land or sea based on an analysis of the two images.
It produces a vivid, false-coloured image as a result.
Pristine
Pristine images are those received by my system from the satellite without any enhancements, except some normalisation to produce
images which best represent the original data. The earth appears "upside down" on Northbound passes. The two images are the two
channels sent by the satellite with channel A (left) switching between sensor 1 (visible) or 2 (near-IR) during the day and
sensor 3 (mid-IR) at night together with channel B (right) showing sensor 4 (thermal-IR) at all times during normal operation.
Thermal
Thermal creates a false coloured image using the temperatures from a sensor 4 (thermal infrared) image. Covers the full range
of temperatures from very cold cloud tops to hot deserts.