Create an animation using data from the HIMAWARI satellite

This tool can be used to create an animation from data sent back by the HIMAWARI satellite.

Status of services

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Instructions

1°) Select a Mode: Choose "Low-resolution" for fast generation, "High-resolution" for better quality, and "Very high-resolution" for a detailed single image.

2°) Select a start and end date.

3°) Select output format. (if you don't know what it is, leave it as default)

4°) Select the delay between photos (if you don't know what it is, leave it as default)

Information

- The maximum date range allowed is 2 years for low-resolution mode and 1 week for high-resolution mode -

- The generated link is valid for 1 hour -

- Generation for two years takes about 4 minutes in low-resolution mode -

- One week's generation takes about 25 minutes in high-resolution mode -

- Choose MP4 to publish on Twitter if the date range exceeds 5 days because of the 35MB limit for images on Twitter -

- 'Frame delay' corresponds to the delay in hundredths of a second between each photo. 10 corresponds to 0.10 seconds. 30 corresponds to 0.30 seconds. Minimum value = 5. Maximum value = 35 -