Can I extract useful scientific (quantitive) information from these images?
Not in their present form. The images have been heavily compressed using an algorithm that degrades the pixel values. If you require data for quantitive analysis (ie temperature, albedo, wind vectors, etc), we will shortly be able to supply the original raw data in a number of different forms. Please contact DSRS for more information. • Why are some images covered in speckles? During February/March, solar eclipse conditions interfers with the satellites broadcasts creating these noisy speckles. This normally only occurs at around solar noon (12 GMT) for Meteosat. There is nothing that we can do to prevent this! For more details see the Meteosat anomalies document at Eumetsat. • Why are some images missing? There are times when there are glitches in our system, but more likely explanations are that Eumetsat had a problem receiving or disseminating the image, or that the image was considered too noisy due to interference, possibly caused by eclipse conditions, see above. Check the Eumets
