SUMO is a free user-friendly application for the production of relevant products from Meteosat data (vegetation, temperature, etc.) for African end-users.

SUMO is a natural companion to METEOSAT receiving stations. It endeavour to provide a software with elementary and useful functionality for data analysis and basic products creation. SUMO is intended for practical users, such as thematic departments (e.g. forestry, agriculture), from local to national level, as well as universities, etc. The target users of the system are local (as opposed to regional), and in general are involved in natural resources management, vegetation production (agriculture, forestry), water management (fisheries, watershed management, security), and hazard response (fire, flood, drought). However, SUMO also provides the full functionality of all METEOSAT channels and channel products so that it also provides all the needs of a pure Meteorological weather organization.

SUMO is stand alone software. It has essentially two main functions:

a) Processing: pre-processing of Meteosat images received through a receiving station, and creation of pre-defined, but customisable, products.

b) Viewing: displaying and analysing individual channels and created products.

In SUMO, products are created by a Processor in two ways:

a) Real-Time mode: Meteosat images and products are processed automatically as they are acquired by the receiving station;

b) Archive mode: images and products are processed on specific demand by the user, to do some research or case studies, from archived data.

 

Page last updated June 26, 2008