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Ampex 797 prevision magnetic tape

This is a high density digital tape (HDDT) and is an example of one of the media types once used for archiving data received at the DSRS. This example does not contain any information. These tapes were superseded by a VHS tape based recording system.

VHS tape

After using high density digital tapes (HDDT) as a media type for archiving data received at the DSRS, the DSRS moved to using a VHS tape based recording system. This example of a VHS tape does not contain any information. The VHS tape was superseded by CD-ROM.

Digital Linear Tapes (DLT)

Digital Linear Tapes (DLT) were used as a media type for archiving data received at the DSRS. These examples do not contain any information. Digital Linear Tapes (DLT) are labelled: /1 EOS Tape 5000, 29 April 2000-22 May 2000 /2 EOS Tape 5001, 22 May 2000-5 June 2000 Digital Linear Tapes (DLT) were superseded by Linear Tape-Open (LTO).

Linear Tape-Open (LTO)

Linear Tape-Open (LTO) were used as a media type for archiving data received at the DSRS. Different generations of LTO were used as a new version was launched every 2-3 years with higher data storage capacity and transfer rates etc. At the time the station closed at the end of April 2019, LTO-7 (generation 7) tapes were being used. These examples do not contain any information. Linear Tape-Open (LTO) are labelled: /1 EOS Tape 6000, 19 May 2005-13 July 2005. /2 EOS Tape 6001, 13 July 2005-13 September 2005. /3 Polar Backup 7500. /4 Polar Backup 7509 (7509/01, 8 July 2017 Aqua OH 1410 to 7509/11006, 25 April 2018 Aqua OH 1127). Linear Tape-Open (LTO) were superseded by CDs.

NOAA AVHRR and SeaWiFS quicklook CDs

These CDs were examples of the primary archive copy (offline) of particular datasets DSRS received, i.e. for data from the SeaWiFS satellite sensor and data from the AVHRR sensors on the NOAA polar orbiting series of satellites. CDs were used for this purpose from about 1997 until about 2016. These CDs do not contain any information. CDs are labelled: /1 Dundee SeaWiFS L0 archive: 97-09 CD-01, 1997. /2 Dundee SeaWiFS L0 archive: 97-09 CD-02, 1997. /3 Dundee NOAA AVHRR archive: 08-05 CD-37, 2008. /4 Dundee NOAA AVHRR archive: 08-05 CD-38, 2008. /5 Dundee NOAA AVHRR archive: 16-06 CD-19, 2016. /6 Dundee NOAA AVHRR archive: 16-06 CD-20, 2016. After using CDs, the DSRS then archived their received data via the Internet.

Information boards

Various text boards, hardback information boards of weather features containing photographs taken from Satellites NOAA 7, NOAA 8 and NOAA 11, and Nimbus 7, and hardback boards of weather features.

Hardback information boards of weather features

Photographs taken from varioius satellites: /1 How the Alps can form a barrier to airflow from the north, NOAA 7, 4 February 1980. /2 Part of the ice edge along the coast of Greenland. The mountains begin at the coast and the flat coastal plain is actually unbroken ice, NOAA 7, 15 March 1982. /3 A typical CZCS image. The selection of enlargement for CZCS are x1, x2, x3 and x6, NIMBUS 7, 29 May 1982. /4 A storm almost covering the whole of Sicily. It has also produced a ring of low cloud around the base, NOAA 7, 4 September 1982. /5 The unusual occurrence of a small cyclone to the south west of Greenland, NOAA 7, 28 January 1983. /6 Sea fog or coastal stratus along the north east of the UK, NOAA 8, 27 April 1984. /7 Full pass x1 quicklook with grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /8 Full pass x1 quicklook without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /9 High quality x18 sectorised enlargement without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /10 High quality x3 sectorised enlargement without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /11 High quality x4.5 sectorised enlargement without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /12 High quality x9 sectorised enlargement without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /13 High quality x1.5 sectorised enlargement without grid, NOAA 11, 2 May 1990. /14 High quality x1.5 sectorised enlargement with grid, NOAA 11, 17 August 1990. /15 High quality x3 sectorised enlargement with grid, NOAA 11, 17 August 1990. /16 An Atlantic depression approaches the UK, NOAA 11, 4 January 1991. /17 Channel 4 shows the sea surface temperature gradients, NOAA 11, 18 June 1991. /18 Channel 1 (visible) image clearly showing a large plankton bloom to the south of Iceland. Also shown are the corresponding channel 2 (visible) and channel 4 (infra-red) images. All three have been enhanced to show sea surfarce features, NOAA 11, 18 June 1991. /19 The apparent absence of the feature from channel 2 image confirms it as plankton, NOAA 11, 18 June 1991. /20 The print shows a channel 4 (infra-red) image of the Alboran Basin to the east of the Strait of Gibraltar. The image has been contrast enhanced for sea surface temperature gradients, NOAA 11, 30 June 1991.

Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (DSRS) exhibition display banners

Display banners used at exhibitions in their carrying cases reading: /1 Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (DSRS) A major UK ground station for earth observation satellites. Real-time data reception and delivery. Data archive spanning over 30 years. /2 Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (DSRS) Ground station for NEODAAS (NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service)

Now we know exactly where we are'

A laminated page from Jersey Evening Post reporting on an image taken during the recent heatwave at 12.46pm on 2 June 1990 during orbit 8,252 of Satellite NOAA II. The image shows virtually the whole of Western Europe without a cloud in the sky which is sharp enough to show both Jersey and Guernsey quite clearly, 21 August 1990.

Satellites and Volcanoes'

A laminated page from the University of Dundee Press Office of an article appearing in the Courier & Advertiser reporting on Mount Hekla's explosive display last Saturday from South-West Iceland. The article features a warning issued by the MET Office to aircraft about a volcanic ash cloud expected to blow over Britain. There is also a clear image of both the lava flow and dust cloud as it progresses across Iceland, 6 March 2000.

Hertfordshire oil depot blast

An article on the explosion and subsequent blaze at the Buncefield oil depot near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on 12 December 2005. The blaze produced a massive smoke cloud that spread over much of the South East. Image shows the extent of the black smoke cloud taken by the Natural Environmental Research Council's Satellite Receiving Station, which is part of the University's Space Technology Centre (page 9), February 2006.
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