Satellite sensing data receiving station

Monitoring and investigation of the state and composition of the atmosphere and the Earth surface of Western Siberia are preformed every day (4–6 times a day) using a modern station of receiving of data of remote satellite sensing. The station 2.4 XLB (Orbital Systems, USA) was purchased in 2011 by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The satellite data have been received from the station SkanEks (SkanEks, Moscow) since 1998. The data from the station 2.4 XLB have been achieved since 2014.
 

The antenna system of the station is enclosed into a radio transparent sheath	Antenna rotating device	Intelligence system of the station 2.4 XLB

RES satellite data provide information on the following characteristics and properties of the atmosphere and the Earth surface:

Terra and Aqua satellites, MODIS device:

1. Optical aerosol thickness.
2. Pressure on the upper edge of cloudiness.
3. Cloudiness parameters (type and phase).
4. Precipitated water.
5. Vegetation indices (vegetation state).
6. Forest fires.
7. Temperature of the Earth surface.
8. Chlorophyll concentration.
9. Reflection coefficient of the Earth surface.

NPP satellite, VIIRS device:

1. Reflection coefficient of the Earth surface.
2. Brightness (radiative) temperatures of the Earth surface.
3. Albedo of the atmosphere - Earth surface system.
4. Cloudiness type and phase.
5. Optical aerosol thickness.
6. Aerosol particle sizes.
7. Temperature of the upper cloud part.
8. Optical cloud thickness.
9. Effective sizes of cloud particles.
10. Map of the Earth surface covered with snow.
11. Snow fractions.
12. NDVI: vegetation index.
13. EVI: vegetation index.
14. Underlying surface temperature.
15. Water surface temperature.
16. Chlorophyll concentration.

NPP satellite, OMPS (ultraviolet) device:

1. Aerosol characteristics in the ultraviolet range.
2. Total ozone content.
3. Total SO₂ content.