METEOROLOGY

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METEOROLOGY OCEAN SATELLITE DATA ARCHIVAL
CENTRE (MOSDAC)
Presented By H. I. Andharia Manager, MOG Computer
Facility
SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE BOPAL CAMPUS AHMEDABAD
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• Data Satellite Data, Analysis Station Data
• Computer Systems
• Security Policy
• Sample Portal
• Data Dissemination
• Live Demonstration of MOSDAC Portal

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LIST OF DATA TO BE ARCHIVED PER DAY
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LIST OF DATA TO BE ARCHIVED PER DAY (Contd..)
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OLD DATA -AVAILABLE DATA VOLUME (SAC)
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OLD DATA - DATA TO BE MADE AVAILABLE BY
CNES
Note The data volume for METEOSAT is estimated
to be 657 GB per year. Mostly the
data will be distributed in Media form only
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INSAT/KALPANA SATELLITE DATA PRODUCTS
Rainfall
UPPER-LEVEL CMVS
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Weather Parameters Recieved From AWS

• Temperature (Celsius)
• Wind speed(Km/h)
• Wind Direction(deg)
• Atmospheric Pressure (hpa)
• Humidity
• Rain Fall data(mm)
• Sun shine data

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Typical Meta Data
       Product name        Product short
name        Satellite name (long and short
name)        Data file name (full with
extension)        Sensor name (long and short
name)        No. of Parameters included in the
data Set        Parameter name(s)       
Description of data (ASCII String) on corrections
already performed        Acquisition
date Time period of content Start Date Time
(YYYYMMDDHHMM) End Date Time Frequency
(Decimal Days)        Status - QC done or
not        Spatial domain North Lat., South
Lat., West Long., East Long. Four corner
co-ordinates in NW,NE,SE,SW order        Place
(Indian Ocean / Global)        Processing
Level        Latitude Resolution Unit Decimal
Degree        Longitude Resolution Unit Decimal
Degree        Map projection (none) common for
all        Co-ordinate systems Planimetric
Altimetric (WGS 84)

•   Path/orbit number 7 digits for invalid field
  9999999
•        Day/night flag D or N
•        Ascending/ descending flag A or D
• Time zone (Ref. longitude or IST / GMT)
•        Parameter unit(s)
•        Parameter range(s) min-max
•        Invalid data indicator
•        Parameter accuracy(s)
•        Off set (s)
•        Scale Factor (s)
•        Browse Graphic (JPG 256X256)
•        Originator of data
•        Technical documentation (Link/ URL(s))
•        Format name
•        Format version number
•        Format version date
•        File decompression technique
•        Size of file in (MB) Decimal upto 6
  decimal digits
•        Point of contact

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Computer Hardware for MOSDAC
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MOSDAC NETWORK SECURITY DIAGRAM
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MOSDAC NETWORK SECURITY
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User Registration

• ISRO/DOS Scientists
• One User Account for Each MOP Collaborative
  Project University/Institute
• Registration request (sanctioned by MOSDAC
  Governing Committee - TBD) will be cleared
  manually and informed through email in a week time

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MOSDAC Data Supply FORM

• ORIGINAL FORM
• INDIAN REGION
• USER DEFINED SUB-IMAGE
• ASCII CONVERTED ( COMPRESSED ZIP)

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MOSDAC Data Supply Media capacity
FOR UNIVERSITY/INSTITUTE USER WHO HAS LOW BIT
RATE INTERNET ACCESS CAN GET HUGE DATA ON MEDIA
IN A WEEK TIME
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MOSDAC Establishment Status

• Complete material received as per P.O.
• Installation of Systems, O.S. COTS S/W done
• VLAN Configuration done
• Software Development SRS SDD finalized
• Implementation of Portal Software in progress
• Site Preparation Done

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