Satellite Data

Satellite Data and Products

Free Access to Online Satellite Data

• Raw radiance data from instruments (POES Level 1b, GOES-GVAR, DMSP TDR, etc), as well as satellite products -
  Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)
• Air-Sea Surface Processes: Projects and Datasets
• Optimum Interpolation 1/4 Degree Daily Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
• Globally gridded calibrated satellite radiance data -
  International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP)
• Globally gridded high resolution sea surface wind speed products -
  Blended Sea Winds Products
• Global infrared soundings from NOAA-2 through NOAA-5 -
  Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) Data
• Global infrared soundings from TIROS-N and NOAA-6 through NOAA-17 -
  Cloud-cleared and limb-corrected High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) data
• Globally gridded Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) products
• HURSAT - Global Tropical Cyclone ISCCP B1 Satellite Observations - global tropical cyclone data derived from ISCCP B1 data

Satellite Imagery, Movies, and Animations

• Global Tropical Cyclone (HURSAT) Movies - tropical cyclone movies from 1983 - 2005
• Current and Historical Global ISCCP B1 Browse System (GIBBS) - global full disk satellite images from 1983 to present.
• Historical Significant Event Imagery (HSEI) - popular media images from 1960 to present
• Historical GOES Browse Images - daily images over North America from 1992 through 2004
• Custom Images - Certifiable Satellite Image Services

Satellite Data Access Tools and Documentation

• Tools to Convert Satellite Data into netCDF format
• NOAA KLM User's Guide - Satellite and data description of NOAA's Polar-orbiting satellites from NOAA-15 and later.
• NOAA Polar Orbiting Data User's Guide - Satellite and data description for NOAA-14 and earlier.
• DMSP SSM/I and SSMIS Data Record Formats and Miscellaneous Technical Documentation
• FAQ on reading GOES data files from CLASS, calibration, and more

Research and Monitoring

Current work being done at the Remote Sensing and Applications Division (RSAD)

• International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) B1 Data Rescue
• Blended Sea Winds Products
• Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) Data Rescue
• Satellite Derived and In-situ Precipitation Analyses Project
• Multi-sensor Precipitation Reanalysis Project
• SSM/I and SSMIS Monitoring and Documentation
• Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity Retrieval from HIRS
• Extended Reconstruction SST Analysis - version 2
• Integrated SSTs and LSTs Project
• Buoy Density Need
• Air-Sea Fluxes: Estimation and Validation Using both Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations: A Coupled Approach
• Radar Rainfall Climatology
• Cooperative Works

Contact

Satellite Services Group
National Climatic Data Center
Room 120
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5001
Telephone: 828-271-4850
Facsimile: 828-271-4328
E-mail: ncdc.satorder@noaa.gov