NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE

with NOAA-N,-N' SUPPLEMENT

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The NOAA KLM User's Guide (September 2000 revision) is a document that describes the orbital and spacecraft characteristics, instruments, data formats, etc. of the NOAA-K through NOAA-M polar orbiter series of satellites. In addition, the NOAA-N and NOAA-N' spacecraft are also described in the NOAA-N,-N' Supplement (see link below). Listed below are links to the HTML versions of the individual chapters.

Cover Page:

Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA KLM User's Guide.

Acknowledgments: A Letter of thanks for all those who helped out.

Acronyms and Abbreviations: A Listing of Acronyms and Abbreviations used in the NOAA KLM User's Guide.

List of Figures: A Listing of all Figures in the NOAA KLM User's Guide.

List of Tables: A Listing of all Tables in the NOAA KLM User's Guide.

NOAA-N, -N' Supplement: A Listing of links with specific changes for the NOAA-N and -N' spacecraft.

Amendments: A Listing of all Revisions made to the NOAA KLM User's Guide.

Section 1:

Section 1.0: Introduction to the NOAA KLM System

Section 1.1: The NOAA KLM Concept

Section 1.2: NOAA KLM Spacecraft Characteristics

Section 2:

Section 2.0: NOAA Polar Satellite Navigation and Earth Location

Section 2.1: Navigating the Polar Satellites

Section 2.2: Earth Locating the Polar Satellite Data

Section 2.3: Navigation and Earth Location Processing Within NOAA

Section 2.4: Interpolating the Level 1b Earth Location Data

Section 3:

Section 3.0: Description of the NOAA KLM Sensor Package

Section 3.1: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)

Section 3.2: High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)

Section 3.3: Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A)

Section 3.4: Advanced Microware Sounding Unit - B (AMSU-B)

Section 3.5: Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)

Section 3.6: Data Collection System/2 (DCS/2)

Section 3.7: Search and Rescue Satellite (SARSAT) Instrument

Section 3.8: Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer (SBUV/2)

Section 3.9: Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) [For NOAA-N and -N' only]

Section 4:

Section 4.0: Real-Time Data Systems for Local Users

Section 4.1: HRPT System

Section 4.2: APT System

Section 4.3: Direct Sounder Broadcast (DSB)

Section 4.4: Data Collection and Location System

Section 5:

Section 5.0: Tracking Procedures for Directional Antennas used to Acquire Data From Real-Time Transmissions System Sensors

Section 5.1: TBUS Bulletin

Section 5.2: Alternate Sources and Forms of Satellite Prediction Position Information

Section 6:

Section 6.0: Ingest and Pre-processing

Section 6.1: Ingest

Section 6.2: Pre-processing

Section 6.3: Calibration

Section 6.4: Monitoring and Quality Assurance

Section 7:

Section 7.0: Calibration of NOAA KLM Instruments

Section 7.1: AVHRR

Section 7.2: HIRS/3

Section 7.3: AMSU-A and AMSU-B

Section 7.4: SBUV/2

Section 7.5: SEM-2

Section 7.6: MHS [For NOAA-N and -N' only]

Section 8:

Section 8.0: Level 1b Database

Section 8.1: Data Representation and Storage

Section 8.2: Level 1b Data Set Names

Section 8.3: Data Distribution Formats

Section 9:

Section 9.0: NESDIS Operational Products

Section 9.1: Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Products

Section 9.2: Mapped GAC Products

Section 9.3: Radiation Budget Products

Section 9.4: Sounding Products (ATOVS and AMSU-B)

Section 9.5: Coastwatch Products

Section 9.6: Snow and Ice Products

Section 9.7: Ozone (SBUV/2) Products

Section 9.8: Aerosol/Optical Thickness Products

Section 9.9: Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)

Appendices:

Appendix A: APT Predict (TBUS) Bulletin

Appendix B: Using Brouwer-Mean Elements from the TBUS Bulletin

Appendix C: Polar Stereographic Earth Location Routines

Appendix D: Miscellaneous Parameters for the Polar Orbiter Satellites

Appendix E: Index of Internet Resources

Appendix F: Ordering Retrospective Data

Appendix G: Data Changes and Problem Record

Appendix H: Orbit Injection

Appendix I: Formulation of a Generic Algorithm for Earth locating data from NOAA Polar Orbiter Satellites

Appendix J: Instrument Scan Properties

Appendix K: Conversion of Blackbody Temperatures to AVHRR Radiances

Appendix L: References

Appendix M: Implementation of AMSU-B Correction Algorithm

Appendix N: Software for Converting IBM Floating Point Numbers to IEEE Numbers

Appendix O: Procedure for Scheduling AVHRR LAC Data

Appendix P: Fundamental Constants

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