Decoding Satellite Cloud Products

摘要

Procedures for decoding satellite cloud data (satellite cloud products, SCPs)using the program SCPDEC are described. The decoded data are outputted to a real time disk operating system file known as SCPDATA. The SCPs are part of the technology designed to augment the National Weather Service's automated surface observation system, which cannot detect clouds higher than 12,000 feet above ground level. Data flow and program relationships from initiation to the writing of each decoded observation are illustrated.