Lesson 1: Assessment

Read the background material in this lesson.

Part I

Name a specific weather system that would be advantageous to observe using a geostationary satellite. Explain your reasoning.

What weather conditions would a LEO satellite provide useful observations? Explain your reasoning.

Part II

Use McIDAS to access an infrared image. Identify three weather features on this image and briefly discusee these features in an accompanying document. The purpose of this exercise is to assure that you all know how to print out documents and can get the data. Here are some McIDAS commands that might be of help, also see your 'cheat sheet' on McIDAS commands.

IMGLIST EASTL/CONUS FORM=BAND
Lists date, time, resolution and channel wavelengths of the most current image from GOES-East.

IMGDISP EASTL/CONUS BAND=4 STATION=KMSN
Displays the most recent 11um image from GOES-East, centered on Madison, WI to the frame being viewed. Feel free to center the image on another city or latitude and longitude (e.g. replace STATION= with LAT= )

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