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agu CDR Developer Named 2011 AGU Fellow

The American Geophysical Union recently conferred Fellow status to Dr. Frank J. Wentz III of Remote Sensing Systems. Frank was honored "For his pioneering and sustained innovative contributions to microwave remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere and for his definitive contributions to research on climate change and air-sea interaction." Frank developed the CDR Program's SSM/I Fundamental Climate Data Record, which was transitioned to initial operations in 2011. Congratulations Frank!


calcon CALCON Technical Conference Aug. 27-30, 2012 npp NPP Launched: Oct. 28, 2011
Operational CDRs
In addition to embracing the NRC CDR definition, operational CDRs are routinely assessed for quality and systematically generated, on time, all the time. The first iteration of a CDR that entails public posting of the source code, data and documentation. The CDR has been through the six-phase R2O process that is described in the Developers Guidelines.

2012 CDR (IOC) NCDC Technical Contact Serving Public Data Access Download Source Code Documentation
Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration Ge Peng
(ge.peng-at-noaa.gov) 		climate link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
UAH MSU/AMSU Brightness Temperatures Lei Shi
(lei.shi-at-noaa.gov) 		climate link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix

2011 CDR (IOC) NCDC Technical Contact Serving Public Data Access Download Source Code Documentation
AVHRR Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) Tom Zhao
(xuepeng.zhao-at-noaa.gov) 		health link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
Calibrated AMSU-A Channel 9 Brightness Temperature Lei Shi
(lei.shi-at-noaa.gov) 		climate link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
HIRS Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) Lei Shi
(lei.shi-at-noaa.gov) 		climate link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature v5.2 Viva Banzon
(viva.banzon-at-noaa.gov) 		biodiversity link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
RSS Version-6 SSM/I FCDR Hilawe Semunegus
(hilawe.semunegus-at-noaa.gov) 		water link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix

2010 CDR (IOC) NCDC Technical Contact Serving Public Data Access Download Source Code Documentation
AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres - Extended (PATMOS-X) Reflectance      Tom Zhao
(xuepeng.zhao-at-noaa.gov) 		agriculture link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
Gridded Satellite Data from ISCCP B1 (GridSat-B1) IR Window Channel Ken Knapp
(ken.knapp-at-noaa.gov ) 		weather link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky HIRS Channel 12 Brightness Temperature Lei Shi
(lei.shi-at-noaa.gov ) 		climate link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix

Other NCDC CDRs NCDC Technical Contact Serving Public Data Access Download Source Code Documentation
Daily ¼° Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) Viva Banzon
(viva.banzon-at-noaa.gov ) 		water link link Algorithm Description
Data Flow Diagram
Maturity Matrix
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