Re: 20120619: Change longitude where data from 2 geostationary satellites are merged together

Tom,

Thanks for the idea.  However, I need data from early February of this year, 
and (if I'm looking at the right stuff on adde), it looks like your composite 
images are only for the past several hours.  Is that correct?  I'm going to try 
Don's jython script to see if it will work for me—I'm guessing it will.

Thanks again for the help.  I really appreciate it.

-- d

On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Tom Yoksas wrote:

> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> This is a follow-up to the email that Don Murray sent you earlier today...
> 
> re:
>> I am creating satellite images over the continental U.S. using
>> a combination of GOES-15 (west) and GOES-13 (east) data. I want to
>> be able to specify where the data sets are merged in the image (for
>> instance, let's say I want to merge the GOES-East and GOES-West data
>> along 105=BAW). Is there a way to do this? I'm using McIDAS Area Files
>> from the CLASS database.
> 
> I use McIDAS-X to create GOES-East/West composites for all 5 imager bands
> nominally each half hour (nominally because a is only created when new
> scans from both GOES-East and GOES-West are available for the nominal
> half hour).  I chose to not create a composite when the time difference
> in East/West scan times is greater than about 15 minutes (which is the
> nominal difference in scheduled East and West scan times).  This results
> in some half hours not having any composite image even though there will
> be a GOES-East or GOES-West scan (but not both).
> 
> The composites created are available via ADDE from adde.ucar.edu.
> The pertinent info for the IDV for one type of composite is:
> 
> Server:     adde.ucar.edu
> Dataset:    RTIMAGES
> Image Type: GOES-East/West IR Composite
> Image Size: 592 x 1000
> 
> I chose to do the merge is created with a central longitude of about 100 W
> (there is actually an overlap region of about 5 degrees).
> 
> Are these the kinds of composites you are looking to create/have?  If yes,
> you are free to use the ones that are available on adde.ucar.edu if you
> would prefer to not generate your own.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom
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