National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce


  • Attention ALL CLASS Users! (11/30/2020):
    The CLASS Boulder, CO web site and order processing will be deferred to the CLASS Asheville, NC site beginning on 12/1/20. We recommend bookmarking the URL: www.class.noaa.gov. However, for the time being users going to www.bou.class.noaa.gov will be redirected to www.avl.class.noaa.gov.

    As mentioned earlier, all orders placed after 11/30/20 will be processed and delivered from CLASS Asheville ftp site at ftp://ftp.avl.class.noaa.gov/. In the interim, any orders delivered to the Boulder site at ftp://ftp.bou.class.noaa.gov/ will remain until the data expires.

    Contact the CLASS Helpdesk for any questions.

  • Attention JPSS Data users! (11/18/2020):
    The URL: ftp://ftp-npp.bou.class.noaa.gov/ - where the most recent 90 days of daily JPSS products were hosted, will be retired on December 31, 2020. No new data will be written to the site after December 1, 2020. The replacement URL is ftp://ftp-jpss.avl.class.noaa.gov/, which now contains data since October 15, 2020. Please start using the new site as soon as feasible. Contact the CLASS Helpdesk for any questions.

  • Attention JPSS Users! (6/18/20):
    A number of legacy products generated since the launch of S-NPP have been replaced by the higher quality NOAA Enterprise products. CLASS has been receiving these newer products for over two years now. CLASS will no longer be receiving these legacy products after June 24, 2020. Please refer to the table here for a listing of legacy products and corresponding newer products. Please contact the CLASS Helpdesk with any questions or concerns.

  • Attention GOES-R users! (5/22/2020):
    GOES-R series INST-CAL files are missing for the following dates: 02/22/20 to 04/02/20 and 04/14/20 to current. Nominal conditions of the return flow of the data has not been determined at this time. Contact the CLASS Helpdesk for any questions.

  • Attention New CLASS Users – See tutorial on accessing data from CLASS (4/12/2018):

    Please click on the following link to get step by step instructions on how to use CLASS to search and order data: https://www.avl.class.noaa.gov/notification/pdfs/CLASS%20Data%20Access%20Tutorial_042015.pdf.

    If you have any questions or need assistance please submit an email to CLASS Help Desk.