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NOAA KLM USER'S GUIDE
with NOAA-N,-N' SUPPLEMENT
Table of Contents
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Introduction Page
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.
- Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA KLM User's Guide.
- Amendments: A Listing of all Revisions made to the NOAA KLM User's Guide.
Section 1:
Section 2:
- Section 2.0: NOAA Polar Satellite Navigation and Earth Location
- Section 2.3: Navigation and Earth Location Processing Within NOAA
Section 3:
- Section 3.1: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)
- Section 3.2: High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)
- 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 5:
- Section 5.0: Tracking Procedures for Directional Antennas used to Acquire Data From Real-Time Transmissions System Sensors
- Section 5.2: Alternate Sources and Forms of Satellite Prediction Position Information
Section 6:
Section 7:
Section 8:
Section 9:
- Section 9.9: Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)
Appendices:
- 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 I: Formulation of a Generic Algorithm for Earth locating data from NOAA Polar Orbiter Satellites
- Appendix K: Conversion of Blackbody Temperatures to AVHRR Radiances
- Appendix M: Implementation of AMSU-B Correction Algorithm
- Appendix N: Software for Converting IBM Floating Point Numbers to IEEE Numbers