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Satellite Data Access by Satellite and Instrument
Joint Polar Satellite System (S-NPP and NOAA-20)
| Dataset | Description | Spatial Information | Temporal Information | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) |
Provides sounding observations needed to retrieve profiles of atmospheric temperature and moisture. In HDF format.
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Global
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12/10/2011 continuing to present | CLASS |
| Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) | A Fourier transform spectrometer with 1305 spectral channels producing high-resolution, 3-D temperature, pressure, and moisture profiles. Products include compressed radiance data, cloud cleared radiance, carbon products, radiation budget parameters, and blended ozone products. In HDF format. | Global | 4/19/2012 continuing to present | CLASS |
| Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) | A scanning radiometer collecting visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans. It extends and improves upon a series of measurements initiated by AVHRR and MODIS. In HDF format. | Global; 0.75 km horizontal resolution for most spectral measurements | 2/7/2012 continuing to present | CLASS |
| Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS) | An advanced suite of three hyperspectral instruments extending the 25-plus year total ozone and ozone profile records. In HDF format. | Global vertical distribution of ozone from 15–60 km | 3/1/12 continuing to present | CLASS |
GOES-R Series (GOES-16 and GOES-17)
| Dataset | Description |
Spatial |
Temporal |
Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Baseline Imager |
The Primary instrument for imaging Earth's weather, oceans, and environment. The ABI views the Earth with 16 spectral bands from the visiable to the infrared at a spatial resolution from .5 km to 2 km. Data are available in netCDF-4 format. | Western Hemisphere; up to .5 km |
March 2017 to present; 1 min to 15 min | |
| Geostationary Lightning Mapper |
A single channel near-infrared transient detector for detecting total lightning activity continuously over the Americas and adjacent ocean regions including events, groups, and flashes. | Over the Americas; 10 km | January 2018 to present; 20 sec | CLASS AIRS |
Legacy GOES (up through GOES-15)
| Dataset | Description | Spatial Information | Temporal Information | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOES Level 1b | GOES Imager and Sounder data from NOAA's CLASS. SMS-1/2 and GOES-1 through 7 are available in the PRE_GVAR while GOES-8 and beyond are in the GVAR_IMG and GVAR_SND families. Data are available as MCIDAS Area files,NetCDF, and imagery (e.g., JPEG, PNG). | Western Hemisphere; up to 1 km | 1979–present; up to 1 min | CLASS |
For help on reading, navigating, and calibrating GOES Level 1b (GVAR and PreGVAR) data, please see Satellite FAQ.
POES
| Dataset | Description | Spatial Information | Temporal Information | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POES Level 1b | Raw data files for instruments on the NOAA polar orbiting satellite series are available through CLASS. These include AVHRR, HIRS, MSU, AMSU, and other instruments. | Global; varying resolution | 1979–present | CLASS |
| VTPR | The Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) was an operational 8-channel sounding system mounted on the NOAA-2 through NOAA-5 spacecrafts. The instrument made routine observations for deriving atmospheric temperature soundings. | Global; varying resolution |
Twice daily; 1972–1979 |
The NOAA Polar Orbiter Data (POD) User's Guide is available for NOAA-14 and earlier and NOAA-15 and later (NOAA-KLM).
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
| Dataset | Description | Spatial Information | Temporal Information | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSMI(S) Brightness Temperatures - CSU, version 1 | This NOAA Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) from Colorado State University (CSU) contains brightness temperatures that have been improved and quality-controlled over the observation time period. The temperature data are from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) series of passive microwave radiometers carried onboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites. | Global; varying resolution | 1987–present | AIRS |
| SSMI(S) Brightness Temperatures - RSS V7 | Version 7 of NOAA's Fundamental Climate Data Record from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) contains brightness temperatures that have been intercalibrated and homogenized for the entire period of record. The temperature data are from the DMSP Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) and Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) series of passive microwave radiometers. This dataset encompasses data from the SSM/I sensors on board DMSP satellites F08, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 as well as the SSMIS sensors on board satellite F17. | Global; varying resolution | 1987–present | AIRS |
| SSMI-SSMIS TDR, SDR, EDR | Original Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) datasets from the F-8, F-10, F-11, F-13, F-14 and F-15 platforms, and Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) datasets from the F-16, F-17 and F-18 platforms covering the period from 1997 to the present. The available data types are temperature data record (TDR), sensor data record (SDR), and environmental data record (EDR). | Global; varying resolution | 1997- present | CLASS |
More information on SSM/I and SSMIS monitoring and documentation is also available from NCEI.
