Brightness Temperature images processed and delivered in near-real time from the AVHRR and ATSR instruments at Tromso Satellite Station

Under an ESA contract TSS receives global ATSR data from the
ERS-1 satellite. This is a demonstration project where data is
processed in Tromso and the products are distributed directly to the
end user. The UK Met. Office is one of the users having received ATSR
data products from TSS. This near real-time service is set up using
Internet for transmission of the products. The operational service
aquires an average of 10 ERS-1 passes a day, every day throughout the
year. Through this near real-time demonstration project, the TSS
infrastructure has proven to be very well suited for supporting an
operational service with useful and necessary information.

A full resolution ATSR data product chain has also been implemented
very recently. TSS can now offer in near-real time full resolution (1
km) brightness and sea surface temperature products.

The coverage is global for the ATSR, and for the AVHRR the coverage is
that of TSS (i.e. Europe).