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[McIDAS #TLX-433036]: Longer GOES E/W composite loops

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #TLX-433036]: Longer GOES E/W composite loops
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:08:50 -0600
Hi Don,

re:
> A couple of notes:
> 
> - the western portion of the IR images didn't update between 7:15 and
>   8:45, but it looks like there was no 8Z imagery for GOES-W.

I noticed that also.

re:
> - I asked for the last 21 E/W composite visible images but only got 10.
>   A configuration issue?

Darkness :-)?  There are 11 VIS composites available now, so it is not
a configuration issue.

NB: 

- I kick-off the compositing based on receipt of the GOES-East sector in
  the Unidata-Wisconsin (UNIWISC) IDD datastream.  If the the GOES-East sector
  does not come in, the composite is not created.  I intend to look into
  this a bit more if/when the creation of the composites gets moved to
  the machine creating the Unidata-Wisconsin sectors.

re: would like to composite the longwave IR also
> If only all satellites used the same wavelengths. ;-)

This should happen when GOES-11 gets replaced with GOES-14 or GOES-15.
When this will happen is, of course, unknown.

re:
> Just the notes above.  Otherwise, they look great.  I'm going to put
> together a new bundle for my Science-on-a-Square wall and will put it up
> on RAMADDA.

Excellent!

re:
> Thanks again for tackling this.

No worries.  The work fits in with a move of the Unidata-Wisconsin image
creation from unidata2.ssec.wisc.edu to the new motherlode clone that will
replace unidata2.  I have always wanted to create the East-West composites
on the origination machine and send them to everyone (after letting them
know that they should turn off their local compositing).  This desire
goes way back to a comment/request by Jim Koermer -- he was interested
in seeing the partial composites (East or West sectors but not both) removed
from the datasets he was accessing through ADDE.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TLX-433036
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed