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.
- Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from
the Author/Editor of the NOAA POD Guide
- Acronyms: A list of Acronyms
and Abbreviations in the NOAA POD Guide
- Amendments: A Listing of all
Revisions made to the NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide.
Section 1:
- Section 1.4:
Miscellaneous Parameters for the Polar Orbiter Satellites
Section 2:
Section 3:
Section 4:
Section 5:
Section 6:
Appendices:
- 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 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)