Data download for Chinese meteorological satellites

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Data for NOAA meteorological satellites can be downloaded through the NOAA CLASS archive.

Where, if anywhere, can I download data for the Chinese FY-3* meteorological satellites?

looking for something like this: http://satellite.cma.gov.cn/arssen/ ? It appears you have to pay for some, if not most, of the data though. — Andreas Blaesus, May 09 '13 at 09:13
@fgregg Because I know nothing about satellites and I was trying to understand the question first. — Andreas Blaesus, May 10 '13 at 08:30
gerrit, do you want data ABOUT these satellites (position, age, name, technologies, etc) or data TAKEN BY these satellites (images, measures)? — Nicolas Raoul, Oct 16 '14 at 10:16

Andreas Blaesus · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-25T15:09:25.280

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Try http://satellite.cma.gov.cn/portalsite/Data/Satellite.aspx?currentculture=en-US

Satellite data download page

You can then download a "quickview" by clicking the little "picture" icon: enter image description here

The full resolution data seemingly require payment.

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Try FENGYUN Satellite Data Center. Getting the data from it can be a little tricky.

First click one of the icons:

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In the next page, remember to select one of the "products" before clicking "next": enter image description here

I haven't really used the system. It seems you need to pay for the data. However, "quickviews" are free:

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answered May 10 '13 at 18:59

Andreas Blaesus

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I removed my reference to the 风云 satellite data center in my answer since you found this. – Dan May 10 '13 at 19:06
Andy, the link now returns an error... – Nicolas Raoul Oct 16 '14 at 10:16
@NicolasRaoul Thanks for pointing out. I think they changed the website interface and I've updated the answer accordingly. – Andreas Blaesus Oct 25 '14 at 15:15

Dan · Answer 2 · 2013-05-10T19:05:45.283

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I first searched the Chinese Government's Public Information site for FY-3 and found 8 articles related to this kind of satellite, but no data sets. The articles had to do with beginning to use these satellites for various meteorological projects (November 2009) and the development of a system for processing this data (articles from 2009-2011). I did not see any actual data sets, however.

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answered May 10 '13 at 07:08

Dan

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If you search "风云" (which FY stands for) on the govinfo site, you'll get 738 results. :) – Andreas Blaesus May 10 '13 at 08:35
Yes "Fengyun." If you answer, I'll gladly remove the second paragraph of my answer and vote yours up. You clearly know more about it than me - that's why I only commented originally. – Dan May 10 '13 at 15:21
Here are the results if you search "风云": http://govinfo.nlc.gov.cn/search/nlc_search.jsp?siteid=lmzy&keyword=%E9%A3%8E%E4%BA%91&page=1 – Dan May 10 '13 at 15:23

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '14 at 06:13

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Try checking the UCS Satellite database. They track over 1000 satellites orbiting the earth.

http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_weapons_and_global_security/solutions/space-weapons/ucs-satellite-database.html

answered Mar 11 '14 at 06:13

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Data download for Chinese meteorological satellites

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