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UPPER INFORMATION CENTRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
CONT

The primary ground station will send the processed data to users via the satellite at a high and a low rate. High Rate Information Transmission(HRIT) will contain the full volume of processed, compressed image data and Low Rate Information Transmission(LRIT) will contain a reduced set at lower resolution. In addition, the Eumetsat Control and Processing Centre, with support from other satellite applications facilities throughout Europe, will extract information from the processed data and turn it into ’products’ of particular use to meteorologists and climatologists, such as wind field diagrams, maps of upper tropospheric humidity and analyses of cloud shape and height.

Key term(s)
  • satellite applications facility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
Key term(s)
  • installation pour applications satellitaires

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

upper information centre; UIC : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • upper information center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

centre de région supérieure d'information de vol; UIC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
OBS

centro de región superior de información de vuelo, UIC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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