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The Arctic Satellite Composite Project, is a grant funded by the Arctic Sciences division of the
University of Wisconsin
, and is headed by Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. Matthew Lazzara, with assistance from co-PI Shelley Knuth.
Since the project’s inception in 2007, composite images in the
long-wave wavelengths have been generated over the region. The images are produced every three hours, on the synoptic hour. To generate the composite images, swaths of satellite images from geo-stationary and polar-orbiting satellites are collected within +/- 50 minutes of the top of the hour, and “spliced” together to form one image of the entire region. The images are centered at the North Pole, and extend as far south as 45°. The images have a resolution of 5 km.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Future work on the generation of the satellite composite imagery will include visible composite generation as well as hourly composite generation. It is anticipated this work will be completed in 2010.
To download or view the Arctic satellite composite imagery, please visit our website.[1]
Feel free to contact the project leaders at mailto:[email protected] at any time with questions or assistance with data.
See also
- McIDAS
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
External links
- Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
- The Arctic Composite Website
- The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
References
- ^ Lazzara, M.A., and S.L. Knuth, 2009: Arctic Satellite Composite Observations: A New Perspective. Tenth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, 18-21 May, Madison, WI
- ^ Lazzara, M.A., and S.L. Knuth, 2008: Satellite Composites of the Arctic. First Workshop on Satellite Imaging of the Arctic. August 20-21, Niels Bohr International Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- ^ Knuth, S.L, and M.A. Lazzara, 2008: Going Bi-Polar: Arctic Composite Satellite Observations. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)/International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Open Science Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8-11.
- ^ Lazzara, M.A., and S.L. Knuth, 2008: Arctic composite satellite project. Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling, and Forecasting Workshop, 3rd, Madison, WI, 9-12 June 2008