METLook
a multi functional analysis and interpretation tool devoted to the satellite experiment METEOSAT  
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	METLook is a software tool able to handle the different user format distributions for EUMETSAT's
	Meteosat programs (MTP, MSG) as OpenMTP rectified images and MSG native or BSQ Level 1.5 format.
	Its use is very intuitive.
		The main functionalities offered by METLook are :
			- Direct display of images and ancillary data and file header,
			- Radiometric calibration from MPEF calibration feedback,
			- Dump of selected data as binary files (either calibrated or raw),
			- Basic functions for enhance images, scatter plot, transect and histogram for user-defined areas,
			- Export images in various format (jpeg), and notably HDF-EOS.
	The software allows you to visualize the file values as images using the native projection.
		An atmospheric corrected colour composite image using bands 0.67, 0.87, and 1.6 m as blue,
		green, red is provided, to facilitate the image analysis.
		It also proposes a tool to reproject images in many projection formats.
	A communication layer is implemented in the software and can be interfaced with virtually open networked database.
	Currently, the AERONET database located at LOA and GSFC are accessible and can be called to get for a particular pixel of an image,
	the aerosol optical thickness or Angström coefficient reported by a network of automounted sun photometers distributed
	over the globe. Such a functionality allows aerosol users to compare directly their results to AERONET database.
	Lastly, a particular effort has always been to produce an efficient and portable software.


Installation
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cp METLook /usr/local/bin
cp METLook.ad /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults

FAQ
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any trouble loading the widget colors background ->  modify METLook.ad

Questions
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 If you have questions, please ask them on the list:
 	louis@loa.univ-lille1.fr
 Your comments will be useful for the software evolution.

Documentation
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	http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/METLook/