In a message dated 20-11-03 16:10:38 GMT Standard Time, rsmoore@... writes:
Yes I was thinking how I can see as easily at summer noon and after dark in winter with a full moon. The latter level of illumination is a minute fraction of the former - yet no MSG vis imagery by moonlight!
Robert,
No, MSG will never image by moonlight but at last years EUMETSAT conference there were serious suggestions about doing just that in the next generation of geostationary satellites.
Trouble is that imaging via moonlight requires an enormous aperture radiometer - which in turn requires an enormous satellite.
