Direct Broadcast Receiving Station in Sodankyl, Finland

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Direct Broadcast Receiving Stationin Sodankylä,
Finland

• Riku Tajakka and Osmo Aulamo
• Arctic Research Centre of the Finnish
  Meteorological Institute

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Where are we
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Europe
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Finland
FMI - ARC
FMI - HQ
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Welcome To Tähtelä
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Closer look
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Closer look
Antenna site
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Polaria -the main building
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Photo Album
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Timetable

• Building construction during winter time
• in two months only !
• 10th March opening the antenna containers
• at 10 oclock AM
• 11th March lifting the antenna system on top of
  building at 3 oclock PM
• 12th March first image received
• at 2 oclock PM

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For what purpose FMI use Modis data
Vegetation, forest fires, total ozone, aerosols
in the atmosphere, radiation balance, lake and
river system environment, ice/snow coverage,
cloud character
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FMI examples to use MODIS data
MODIS 1, 2, 31 SEVIRI VIS 0.6, VIS 0.8, IR
10.8 AVHRR 1, 2, 4
MODIS 1, 6, 31 SEVIRI VIS 0.6, IR 1.6, IR
10.8 AVHRR 1, 3A, 4
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Thank you for your patience
That was the end !!