earth 02/9/2021 cloud map

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earth 02/9/2021 cloud map

Post #1by trappistplanets » 10.02.2021, 19:39

(some of the clouds may be off bc i had to fix 2 very bad seams)
original pics from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-255.5364 ... CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor

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for best looks set cloud speed to 0
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Post #2by John Van Vliet » 11.02.2021, 01:55

there is a set of 4k images here
ftp://public.sos.noaa.gov/rt/grids/gfsclouds/vis/4096/

now the ground is there it can be extracted , this is what you get
-- not the best but usable
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Post #3by cubicApoc » 11.02.2021, 21:12

John Van Vliet wrote:not the best but usable
Emphasis there on not the best. I don't know if I just looked at the wrong files, but they certainly don't look like 4k maps. Seems to me, they've produced ~1.5k maps, upscaled them (badly) and JPEG'd them to hell and back.

2021-02-11 15_10_23-2104212000315-Derived_visible_satellite-LVL00.jpg - Windows Photo Viewer.png


edit: better view of what I'm talking about
2021-02-11 15_16_18-2104212000315-Derived_visible_satellite-LVL00.jpg - Windows Photo Viewer.png

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Post #4by trappistplanets » 17.05.2021, 13:17

John Van Vliet wrote:now the ground is there it can be extracted , this is what you get
(sorry for very very late reply) some of those clouds look very weird..

cubicApoc wrote:Emphasis there on not the best. I don't know if I just looked at the wrong files, but they certainly don't look like 4k maps. Seems to me, they've produced ~1.5k maps, upscaled them (badly) and JPEG'd them to hell and back.
is this using my cloud map on a earth texture or is from the link john VV sent?

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John Van Vliet wrote:now the ground is there it can be extracted , this is what you get
how did you extract the ground especially the ice caps
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