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STAR / SMCD / OPDB - NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS)

NPROVS Overview

NPROVS routinely (daily) compiles datasets of collocated radiosonde, dropsonde and numerical weather prediction (NWP) collocated with satellites and sounding product suites. These collocation datasets are used for product monitoring and support of scientific algorithm development.

The website is broken into 3 major sections:

Summary Plots (Vertical Statistics, Short Term and Long Term Trends) of product monitoring for selected product suite combinations
Graphical Interface (JAVA applications) which can be downloaded to provide flexibility to plot profiles, Archived Statistics and Orbital displays. Users can also download collocation datatsets (i.e., weekly) and longer term trends (seasonal) are available.
Daily Data Monitoring Images on this page show the latest 24 hour data coverage for each system that is input into NPROVS.

NPROVS Centralized RAOB and Satellite Product Collocation - click to enlarge

Here is a list of the sounding product suites with links:

Suomi-NPP (S-NPP)
- NOAA Unique CrIS and ATMS Processing System (NUCAPS)
- Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS)
MetOp A and B
- Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) from NOAA
- IASIfrom EUMETSAT
- MIRS
- ATOVS
NOAA-18,19
- MIRS
- ATOVS
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-16, F-18
- MIRS
NASA-Earth Observing System (EOS)-Aqua
- Advanced InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) (NASA v6 beginning April, 2013)
GOES 11 and 13 (clear sky only)
FORMOSAT
Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPSRO) from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) NOAA