Group for Earth Observation (GEO)

GEO Q24 - December 2009
A recent DMSP weather satellite launch sparked reports of UFO activity. Peter Wakelin analyses the events.
Ed Murashie recently attended the twelfth Satellite and Education Conference hosted by the Satellite Satellite Educator's Association, and provides an in-depth report on proceedings.
Mike Stevens spent the summer upgrading his EUMETCast system by deploying a DataRam RAM drive. Mike describes the process, which has completely eliminated segment loss.
David Taylor attended this year's EUMETSAT Conference in Bath and provides an illustrated report of his experiences.
Kevin Nice provides an overview of the WiNRADiO WSS-420 Weather Satellite System, a fully integrated hardware/software system for capturing HRPT images from the NOAA satellites.
Robert Moore and Alan Banks analyse, with copious ilustrations, imagery of Greenland they obtained during last August's prolonged high pressure regime over the Arctic.
The story of the Lake Eyre flooding episode continues with an Australian view from Ken Morgan.


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