Weather Satellite Resources
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This wiki provides some organization to weather satellite resources that are available to researchers. It is meant to be an entry-point for using satellite data in your work, with references to basic information on different instruments, where to get data, basic I/O, and simple notebook examples for some common problems.

Check out the :doc:`Geostationary` section for further information on geostationary satellite instruments, which continuously view the earth from the same position, 35,786 km (22,236 miles) above the earth's surface.

:doc:`Low-Earth-orbit` satellites are much closer to the earth (200-1600 km above the surface), and often have instruments with better spatial resolution than their geostationary counterparts. However, their return periods can be considerable -- 12 hours or more. The phenomena you are interested in will help determine which satellite instrument data to use for your research.

:doc:`Utilities` provides some scripts to compute the solar-zenith angle, satellite-viewing angle (aka satellite-zenith angle), and parallax correction for :doc:`Geostationary` satellites, assuming a constant cloud height. 

.. note::

   This project is under active development.

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   Geostationary
   Low-Earth-orbit
   Utilities