MICROFRONTS GOES-8 and NOWRAD Imagery
     
     
     1.0  General Description
     
          The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-8)
     and NOWRAD dataset contains several image datasets that wer collected
     as a part of the Microfronts, 1995 field experiment.  This experiment
     was conducted in the area 31 - 40 North Latitude and 91 - 107 West
     longitude during the time February 27 - March 31, 1995.
     
     2.0  Detailed Data Description
     
          This dataset contains 5 distinct imagery datasets.  Four of these
     datasets were observed by NOAA's GOES-8 satellite.  The fifth dataset
     consists of a radar mosaic product, the WSI NOWRAD dataset.  The individual
     datasets are described below.

     2.1  GOES-8 Visible Imagery

          Details to be added soon.

     2.2  GOES-8 Infrared Imagery

          Details to be added soon.

     2.3  GOES-8 Water Vapor

          Details to be added soon.

     2.4  GOES-8 Fog Imagery

          Details to be added soon.

     2.5  WSI NOWRAD Composite Imagery
     
          Details to be added soon.

     2.6  Data Remarks

          This dataset is contained on one exabyte tape.  This tape contains 
     five UNIX tar files.  The first tar file contains the GOES-8 Infrared 
     imagery, the second tar file contains the GOES-8 Visible imagery, the 
     third tar file contains the WSI NOWRAD imagery, the fourth tar file
     contains the GOES-8 Water Vapor imagery, and the fifth tar file contains
     the GOES-8 Fog imagery.

           The structure inside of each tar file is the same.  Each tar file
     contains one directory per day of the project, which is named with the
     Julian number for the day (058 - 090).  Each daily directory contains
     one file for each image that was recorded during the project.  File
     naming convention is PPJJJHHMM, where:

               PP is one of IR,VIS,WSI,WV, or FOG
               JJJ is the Julian day of observation (058 - 090)
               HH is the UTC hour of observation
               MM is the UTC minute of observation

     Please note that each individual file is compressed, using the UNIX
     "compress" utility, and must be uncompressed before use.  Each 
     individual file is in McIDAS-X AREA format.
     
     
     3.0  Quality Control Processing
     
          No additional quality control or re-navigation was performed on
     the imagery by the UCAR/OFPS.