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RIKITEA – PYF3 station

Location on the island of Mangareva in French Polynesia – global view

          Name : PYF3

          Location : Rikitea on the island of Mangareva in French Polynesia

          Latitude : -23.1302

          Longitude:  -134.9649

          Hosting : on the site of the Météo France observatory in Rikitea

          Start-up : March, 2021

Location of the Papeete station, global view.
Location of the Papeete station, global view.
Location of the Papeete station, close-up view.
Location of the Papeete station, close-up view.
This station is located at the Météo France observatory in Rikitéa in the Gambier archipelago.
This station is located at the Météo France observatory in Rikitéa in the Gambier archipelago.

This station can be configured to receive data from the NOAA 18 and NOAA 19 weather satellites. The reconstructed images make it possible to check the quality of the site and to identify possible degradations on the reception of the signals.

Image construted from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite.
Image construted from the data sent by the NOAA18 satellite.
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