5.5 Satellite Imagery - Copying and Displaying Images
In this exercise, you will copy and display areas with the
IMGCOPY and
IMGDISP commands.
- Show frame 4, copy the first GOES-7 4km Vis image to position
1 in your MYDATA/TEST-IMAGES (AKA TI) dataset, and display the image on
frame 4. The SIZE=ALL keyword copies the entire image to the destination
dataset.
- Type: SF 4
- Type: IMGCOPY GV4.1 TI.1 SIZE=ALL;IMGDISP TI.1 4
- List the two image directories
- Type: IMGLIST GV4.1 FORM=BAND;IMGLIST TI.1 FORM=BAND
Notice that the images now contain the same information
and the image resolutions are the same.
Image file directory listing for:GV4
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size
sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------
1 GOES-7 13 MAR 93072 17:01:00 26 87
Band: 1 0.65 um Daytime cloud detection 4.0 4.0 1335 x 1608
Image file directory listing for:TI
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size
sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------
1 GOES-7 13 MAR 93072 17:01:00 26 87
Band: 1 0.65 um Daytime cloud detection 4.0 4.0 1335 x 1608
- Show frame 5, copy the first GOES-7 4km IR image to the second position
in your TI dataset, and display the image on frame 5 centered on Boston.
- Type: SF 5
- Type: IMGCOPY GI4.1 TI.2 STATION=BOS;IMGDISP TI.2 5
- List the two image directories.
- Type: IMGLIST GI4.1 FORM=BAND;IMGLIST TI.2 FORM=BAND
In GI4.1, the image size is 1335 X 1608. Notice that the
image size for TI.2 is 480 X 640 on image TI.2. If the SIZE=ALL keyword
is not specified, a 480 by 640 image sector is copied to the new area
(the size of the image frame).
Image file directory listing for:GI4
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size
sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------
1 GOES-7 IR 13 MAR 93072 17:01:00 26 87
Band: 8 11.2 um Night cloud detection, sfc temp 4.0 4.0 1335 x 1608
Image file directory listing for:TI
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Res (km) Image_Size
sensor Lat Lon Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ----- ----- ------------
2 GOES-7 IR 13 MAR 93072 17:01:00 42 71
Band: 8 11.2 um Night cloud detection, sfc temp 4.0 4.0 480 x 640
- Show frame 6, copy the latest GOES-7 4km Visible image to TI.3 centered on
Mobile, Alabama, and increase the resolution by a factor of 2. Display it on
frame 6.
- Type: SF 6;IMGCOPY GV4 TI.3 STATION=KMOB MAG=2;IMGDISP TI.3 6
The image is displayed on frame 6 with a resolution of 2 km.
- List the two images to compare image resolutions. Note
that the lat and lon resolution values are different between the images.
- Type: IMGLIST GV4 FORM=BAND;IMGLIST TI.3 FORM=BAND
The original image (BLIZZARD/G7-VIS-4K.3) had a resolution of 4 km and the
new area (TI.3) has a resolution of 2 km. This is a blow up.
- Display a loop of Meteosat images from 17 to 18 UTC on frames 4 through 6
and use the REFRESH keyword to plot a high resolution map on each of the images.
- Type: IMGDISP BLIZZARD/M3-IR TIME=17 18 ALL=4 6 REFRESH='MAP VH GRA=(GRA) IMA=(IMA)'
Notice that the numbers placed into the MAP command's GRA and IMA keywords
take the place of (GRA) and (IMA) and
now match the image frame numbers of the loop.