NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide

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NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide

The NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide (November 1998 version) is a document that describes the orbital and spacecraft characteristics, instruments, data formats, etc. of the TIROS-N, NOAA-6 through NOAA-14 polar orbiter series of satellites. Listed below are links to the HTML versions of the individual chapters.

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Acknowledgments: A Letter of Thanks for all those who Helped Out

Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA POD Guide

Acronyms: A list of Acronyms and Abbreviations in the NOAA POD Guide

List of Figures: A Listing of all Figures in the NOAA POD Guide

List of Tables: A Listing of all Tables in the NOAA POD Guide

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

Section 1:

Section 1.0: Polar Orbiter System Description

Section 1.1: System Summary

Section 1.2: Orbital Information

Section 1.3: Procedure for Scheduling AVHRR LAC Data

Section 1.4: Miscellaneous Parameters for the Polar Orbiter Satellites

Section 2:

Section 2.0: Level 1b Data Base

Section 2.1: Level 1b Tape Formats

Section 2.2: Level lb Data Record Formats

Section 2.3: Data Volume Per Tape

Section 3:

Section 3.0: AVHRR Level 1b Data Base

Section 3.1: GAC Data

Section 3.2: LAC/HRPT Data

Section 3.3: Calibration of AVHRR Data

Section 4:

Section 4.0: TOVS Level 1b Data

Section 4.1: HIRS/2 Data

Section 4.2: SSU Data

Section 4.3: MSU Data

Section 4.4: SBUV/2 Data

Section 4.5: Calibration of TOVS Data

Section 5:

Section 5.0: NESDIS Operational Products

Section 5.1: TOVS Sounding Product

Section 5.2: Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Products

Section 5.3: Mapped GAC Products

Section 5.4: Radiation Budget Products

Section 5.5: SBUV/2 Ozone Products

Section 6:

Section 6: Ordering Data Products

Appendices:

Appendix A: Polar Stereographic Earth Location

Appendix B: Unpacking LAC/HRPT Data

Appendix C: Field Station HRPT Data Format

Appendix D: Polar Orbiter Archived TOVS Sounding Data Change and Problem Record

Appendix E: Historical Record of Significant Events Affecting the SST, Radiation Budget and Aerosol Products Produced from TIROS-N series AVHRR Data

Appendix F: Using Brouwer-mean elements from TBUS Part IV

Appendix G: Procedures for Accessing NOAA's Satellite Information System (NOAASIS)

Appendix H: Conversion algorithm for orbital parameters

Appendix I: NESDIS Information Points of Contact

Appendix J: Selected References

Appendix K: Original Level 1b AVHRR formats valid to September 8, 1992

Appendix L: Level 1b Formats valid from September 8, 1992 - November 15, 1994

Appendix M: New HIRS Calibration Procedure (NOAA-12 only)

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