FY-2s Activate Intensified Observation for Rainy Season
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On user requirement for observational service in rainy season,  the DB readout service of Fengyun geostationary satellite is intensified and the change involves the FY-2 satellites at 105E and 86.5E – each satellite to increase transmission for extra 20 images of the northern hemisphere on the basic 28 full-discs of the earth everyday.  From 00:00(UTC) May 31, 2016, the FY-2 satetllite at 105E performs full-disc observation at each hour time, and the north half-disc observation at each half-hour time (except the observations for wind derivation); the FY-2 satellite at  86.5E  takes the full-disc image at each 15-minute past the hour, and takes the northern half-disc image at each 15-minute to the hour (except the observations for wind derivation).  
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