1999 PEM-TROPICS B SATELLITE IMAGES


In this directory, there are twelve (12) text files containing listings of

the available 3-hourly, 4-km resolution, full-disk satellite imagery in

McIDAS format collected during the 1999 PEM-Tropics B field mission.  The

names of the twelve (12) text files are as follows:


FILE NAME	SATELLITE LISTING	EXAMPLE McIDAS FILE NAME 
------------	---------------------	--------------------------
gms5ir.txt	GMS-5 Infrared		GM5-199903051233.ir1.ara.Z
gms5vis.txt	GMS-5 Visible		GM5-199903051233.vis.ara.Z
gms5wv.txt	GMS-5 Water Vapor	GM5-199903050632.ir3.ara.Z

goes10ir.txt	GOES-10 Infrared	G10-199903060000.ir4.ara.Z
goes10vis.txt	GOES-10 Visible		G10-199903060000.vis.ara.Z
goes10wv.txt	GOES-10 Water Vapor	G10-199903060000.ir3.ara.Z

goes8ir.txt	GOES-8 Infrared		G8-199903052044.ir4.ara.Z
goes8vis.txt	GOES-8 Visible		G8-199903052044.vis.ara.Z
goes8wv.txt	GOES-8 Water Vapor	G8-199903032044.ir3.ara.Z

metsat7ir.txt	METEOSAT-7 Infrared	ME7-199903050600.ir1.ara.Z
metsat7vis.txt	METEOSAT-7 Visible	ME7-199903050600.vis.ara.Z
metsat7wv.txt	METEOSAT-7 Water Vapor	ME7-199903050030.ir2.ara.Z


There are a lapses in the McIDAS satellite imagery coverage during some

days of the PEM-Tropics B mission due to communication problems between

NASA Langley Research Center and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center where

the McIDAS files were being generated.  The GTE Project Office may obtain

some of these missing files via purchase through the Space Science and

Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison if the missing

files are deemed important to a specific research flight.


It is planned that a set of GOES-8, GOES-10, or GMS-5 visible, infrared,

and water vapor images with flight tracks, continent outlines, and latitude/

longitude grids for each flight of the DC-8 and P3-B will eventually be

listed and available before the Data Workshop in October, 1999. 


Due to the large size of the McIDAS files, it is not feasible to store them

in the GTE Archive.  Therefore, access to the McIDAS satellite imagery must

be made by contacting David Westberg by email at d.j.westberg@larc.nasa.gov

or phone at (757) 864-5616.  Mr. Westberg can either send the McIDAS file

via ftp or produce an image upon request.  McIDAS software is needed to view

these satellite images.


PLEASE NOTE:  Users of these data should acknowledge the contributions

made by the University of Hawaii and NASA in providing these data to the

public [ftp://geo.msfc.nasa.gov/Weather/].


David Westberg
GTE Meteorologist
NASA Langley Research Center
email:  d.j.westberg@larc.nasa.gov
phone:  (757) 864-5616