Meteosat image and Grid data analysis system

The application is not meant to be an automated analysis system but it is to prepare data for the complex analysis. It is easier to analyze charts and images when they are combined. This application makes possible to convert data from their original projection to the one that is common for the others. To make GRID data calculations simpler the Meteosat projection is usually transformed to an orthogonal one.

The system helps: - convert METEOSAT images to various cartographic projections, - convert METEOSAT image files to other formats (used by various applications), - merge images (e.g. IR D1-D3), - create and display charts of GRID data, - superpose images and GRID data charts, - zoom in to analyze details of an area, - calculate meteorological parameters’ values at indicated points, - prepare animated series of images, - annotate the image and give comments, draw free-hand lines, display parameters values, - choose between Offenbach and Bracknell data, - choose one of bitmap formats for saving, - interactively toggle interpolation of GRID data, delete lines or change their color compress data files and print.

The application can be run on a standard PC, Pentium is recommended. The development version was prepared in MATLAB for WINDOWS and it is possible to convert the code to other programming languages (e.g. C++). The system was mainly used for practical exercises in operational meteorology.