Movie that understands how much power "MTSAT-1 8" powered up such as slimy moving sliding typhoon Various movies

Operation finally started from 11:00 on Tuesday, July 7Next generation weather satellite "Sunflower No. 8IsThe resolution of the image is quadrupled and the frequency of photographing the typhoon etc. is once every 30 minutes and once every two and half minutes so it is actually twelve times, So the performance of the radar to be equipped has been greatly improved from the current MTSAT-1 7, but a sample that can realize how wonderful it is is published on the Meteorological Agency official website. Because none of this is pretty good picture quality, when you play it you should make it full screen and make it the highest resolution, you will understand awesome things.

On the release of sample images of Himawari 8

First we saw the whole planet that sunflowers can see from blatantly. The left is the current Sunflower No. 7 and the right is Sunflower No. 8. The full disk observation which was once in one hour became once every ten minutes and the movement became finer and finer, furthermore the monochrome image was evolved into a color image synthesizing three bands of red, green and blue I will.

Comparing photographed images of Himawari 7 and Himawari 8, black and white coloring - YouTube

※GIF animated version(40.3 MB)

What is more, what happens if you take a picture more finely once every two and a half minutes, it will be as follows. The left is every 30 minutes at the current Sunflower No. 7, the right is every two and a half minutes at Sunflower No. 8. Level that anyone can see with the eye by overwhelming difference.

Comparison of photographed images of Himawari 7 and Himawari 8, every twenty minutes every two and a half minutes and actually twelve times - YouTube

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Furthermore, it is possible to observe not only clouds but also plume. The volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula can also be observed finely for the eruption, the left is every 30 minutes at the current Sunflower No. 7 and every two and a half minutes at the new Sunflower 8 on the right.

Compare shots of volcanoes on the Kamchatka Peninsula when erupted with Sunflowers 7 and 8 - YouTube

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Eruption of Sakurajima can be clearly observed.

Eruption of Sakurajima shot every two and a half minutes at Himawari 8 - YouTube

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And the typhoon which was shot every two and a half minutes at the new MTSAT-1 MLORIDO 8 is masterpiece. Below are typhoon 4's, slimy movement, revealing cumulonimbus developed around the typhoon, plus the accuracy that you can see how the clouds are swirling in the eyes of the typhoon. Since it is 4K picture quality, it is powerful when expanding to the highest picture quality.

Typhoon No. 4 shot every two and a half minutes at Himawari 8 - YouTube

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Typhoon No. 6 is like this. It's as if you are watching a single scene of a disaster movie as if full CG.

Typhoon 6, taken every 2½ minutes at Himawari 8 - YouTube

※WMV version(11.1 MB)

The expected operation period isScheduled until around 2029 (2029), And of them being offered on the official website of the Meteorological AgencySatellite imageIs also high resolution and the update frequency should dramatically increase, so it is expected that various weather applications that use those images and data will power up in the same way.