[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Learned about this from my Son, who works for Raytheon the builder of this satellite in El Segundo California.

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/images/first_viirs_large.jpg

Link to Image which can be enlarged...it will be large.

For those not on fast connections plese be aware of download times of some length.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[cripplecreek]

Cool pic but I guess I don’t see what makes this one different from all the others that exist.

[wxgesr]

Wow, great resolution....even small scale artifacts can be seen, cloud types, snow on the ground, reefs, etc.

Remote sensing is here.....who needs to pay an old school surface weather observer anymore?

[Tunehead54]

Earnest,

I know you’re far more knowledgeable on the subject but I do recall and I believe it was a Lord Monckton article where it was noted that 20+ years of satellite data for earth surface temperatures utilizing infrared sensors were “calibrated” using surface thermometer readings as they were not designed to measure surface temperature - a kludge as it were.

That being the case the “calibrations” would be subject to the same “adjustments” that Hansen, CRU, etc. and the AGW crew applied to land-based measurements and thus the satellite data - even the latest may be given inordinate credibility.

Sorry - I’ve searched and not found a reference to Monckton and this claim. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. ;-)

Charlie