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| As always well attended and greatly appreciated by the attendees |  |
| As usual, the GEO Shop was at Leicester, and proved a very popular attraction for delegates who could collect items and save on the normal post and package charges. |  |
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| Ferdinand Valk spoke about the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2009. He included a fascinating history of previous polar years, their characters and their achievements. With the current recognition of the polar regions as important indicators of climate change it is not surprising just how many projects and studies are planned to take place in this IPY. John Tellick gave a practical tutorial of dish alignment for EUMETSAT reception. Note the essential tool near his right foot! | |
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David Taylor giving helpful advice to members. Earlier in the meeting he gave an update on the newly launched Metop-A satellite, its sensors and data dissemination methods. These data are freely and easily available to amateurs such as GEO members. The fine tuning of your PC to handle the new data concluded David's talk. |
| Our keynote speaker, Storm Dunlop, who gave a fascinating talk about various cloud structures and how they related to satellite images. Storm is clearly an enthusiast, and he included a variety of both digital and pre-digital images illustrating not only the cloud effects, but how the cloud ice and water content could refract and diffract the sun to produce stunning natural visual phenomena. |  | | At the end of the formal presentations a good number remained for the AGM and Management Team reports. The raffle, with many prizes, provided an incentive at the end of the day! The location for the next GEO
Symposium was discussed. Suggestions for the venue and for any other aspects are welcome. |
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More details of the programme here.A full report of the 2007 Symposium will be in the next GEO Quarterly due out in September. | |