Hi Aliakbar,

1) Download this guide for Meteosat and you will be on your way to building your own satellite receiving station.

http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.satsignal.eu%2Fwxsat%2FSoftware%2FDouglasDeans-1-CaseForGeostationary.pdf&ei=mH__UoHaN8v_ygONhYKIDg&usg=AFQjCNGeqSmpIM6FJfFPC9JZ0R5zgwR1KA&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms

2) Once you have your antenna going you have to decode the signal.

Go to:

http://www.satsignal.eu/wxsat/

And read all about it.

3) Once you have decoded your signal, read about how to operate your station here:

http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDQQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noaasis.noaa.gov%2FNOAASIS%2Fpubs%2FUsers_Guide-Building_Receive_Stations_March_2009.pdf&ei=mH__UoHaN8v_ygONhYKIDg&usg=AFQjCNEdpHqeqq2LyFtUzGprSY5nwjM02Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms

4) I assume that once you have come that far, the pre-processing and post-processing of your data will be a piece of cake.

Good luck Aliakbar and a sunny weekend.

Frank

PS: Iran is in the footprint of Meteosat and MSG . So that's the one you need. You can also contact Eumetsat in Germany to know more at:

http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/index.html

Frank is it necessary to make a receiving station for meteosat, can we download this data from a nearby node.

Hello,

If you want archive data or your work allows time dalays for several days from real time, I think the best should be using EUMETSAT archive (on EUMETSAT home page: Data ---- Data delivery --- Eumetsat Data Centre --- Ordering FAQ and support --- Online Ordering Application ). You should register and via Java application order and download data via Internet. I sometimes use this system.

Also about data operative reception, it is possible to get data from polar orbiting satellite (for example, Suomi NPP) from “Direct broadcast” station. But as I suppose, this receiving station is expensive and also raw satellite data will need much processing.

@thanks Aleksei for the information. I will check EUMETSAT site.

Hi Saif,

No it is not necessary to build a receiving station for a geostationary meteorological satellite like those from EUMETSAT.

As Aleksei stated, if you do not need to perform operational weather forecasting (or other operational applications), it's better to use archived data.

But some applications require operational reception like (forest) fire detection for example. You could use NOAA or VGT as well for that purpose, but then you have only one (or two) shot(s) a day. With MSG you would be able to follow the fire each 15 minutes, which is a requirement I think to have an accurate follow-up of the fire evolution in time, and hence useful information for fire fighting.

Cheers,

Frank

Thank you very much indeed Frank for your good information

And also I should be thanks from Aleksei Vastsenko.

Great @Frank and Aleksei

I will try that and get in touch with you guys later for additional help.