Note: This is an excerpt of the NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide. The original document can be accessed via http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/POD/
NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide
The NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide (June 1995 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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Cover Letter:
A Brief Description of What these Documents Include
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Acknowledgements:
A Letter of Thanks for all those who Helped Out
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Disclaimer:
A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA POD
Guide
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Pertinent Information:
NETSCAPE, MOSAIC and FTP information.
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List of Figures:
A Listing of all Figures in the NOAA POD Guide
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List of Tables:
A Listing of all Tables in the NOAA POD Guide
Chapter 1:
Chapter 2:
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Section 2.0:
Level 1b Data Base
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Section 2.1:
Level 1b Tape Formats
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Section 2.2:
Level lb Data Record Formats
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Section 2.3:
Data Volume Per Tape
Chapter 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
Chapter 4:
Chapter 5:
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Section 5.0:
NESDIS Operational Products
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Section 5.1:
TOVS Sounding Product
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Section 5.2:
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Products
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Section 5.3:
Mapped GAC Products
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Section 5.4:
Radiation Budget Products
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Section 5.5:
SBUV/2 Ozone Products
Chapter 6:
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Chapter 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 Electronic Bulletin
Board (NOAA.SIS)
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 Sept 8,
1992
Appendix L: Level 1b Formats valid from Sept 8, 1992 - Nov 15,
1994