A PC-based interactive imaging system designed for INSAT data analysis and monsoon studies

Abstract

A PC-based interactive image processing system has been developed for aiding the analysis of Indian Geosynchronous Satellite (INSAT) data for Asian monsoon studies. Analysis procedures include the use of the system for monitoring monsoon evolution and the behaviour of organized tropical storms, anlaysis of low-frequency intraseasonal oscillations, diagnostic studies of cloudiness, retrieval of monsoon precipitation and its relationship to satellite cloudiness, and statistical prediction of monsoon cloud bands associated with low-frequency intraseasonal fluctuations of monsoon rainfall. The system is designed as a workstation terminal in a supercomputer environment. -from Authors