Operational Climate Data Records (CDRs)
In addition to embracing the National Research Council CDR definition
(Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites: Interim Report 2004)
, NOAA operational CDRs are routinely assessed for quality and systematically generated. The first step in establishing
an operational CDR includes public posting of the source code that generated the CDR dataset, the dataset itself, and supporting
documentation through a six-phase Research-to-Operations process that is described in the
Developers Guidelines.Once posted to the NCDC webpage, the CDRs are grouped by Fundamental CDRs and Thematic (Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Terrestrial) CDRs. Fundamental CDRs are sensor data (e.g. calibrated radiances, brightness temperatures) that have been improved and quality controlled over time, together with the ancillary data used to calibrate them. Thematic CDRs are geophysical variables derived from the FCDRs, such as sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration, and they are specific to various disciplines. Thematic CDRs are often generated by blending satellite observations, in-situ data, and/or model output.
| Atmospheric CDRs | Information | Serving Public | Available Data Access |
Source Code | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosol Optical Thickness |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Mean Layer Temperatures - RSS |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Mean Layer Temperatures - UAH |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Oceanic CDRs | Information | Serving Public | Available Data Access |
Source Code | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Ice Concentration |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Sea Surface Temperature - Optimum Interpolation |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Sea Surface Temperature - Pathfinder |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Terrestrial CDRs | Information | Serving Public | Available Data Access |
Source Code | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Cover Extent (Northern Hemisphere) |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Fundamental CDRs | Information | Serving Public | Available Data Access |
Source Code | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSU-A Ch9 Brightness Temperature |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| AVHRR Ch1-2-3a Reflectance - PATMOS-x |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| Geostationary IR Channel Brightness Temperature - GridSat B1 |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| HIRS Ch12 Brightness Temperature |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| SSMI(S) Brightness Temperatures - CSU |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement Bulk Order |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
| SSMI(S) Brightness Temperatures - RSS |
Overview Contact Us |
|
Use Agreement THREDDS FTP |
|
Algorithm Description Data Flow Diagram Maturity Matrix |
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