The new
ES&S SATRAX700 X-band
system for the Hong Kong Observatory is now an operational groundstation.
Terra and Aqua passes are now being received at the King's Park site
in Hong Kong.
This system
was installed and commissioned in Hong Kong over a period of four weeks
(May 25 to June 14). A rigorous series of Acceptance and Reliability
Tests were performed, followed by a training course for HKO staff.
In addition
to the groundstation hardware, a software suite for processing and display
of the Terra and Aqua MODIS images was developed by ES&S and provided
to the HKO as part of the contract.
The software
suite and the ES&S METEOR image processing package automatically
processes the received data into high level products, including SST,
Vegetation Index, Chlorophyll Index and Fire location products, and
allows operators and forecasters to view and process calibrated and
navigated data.
An important
feature of the SATRAX system provided by ES&S is the integration
of the new X-band data products with the existing NOAA and GMS/GOES
data, from groundstations also provided by ES&S.