Satellite Datasets in Development
Ongoing Satellite Dataset Development includes:
| Dataset | Description | Spatial Information | Temporal Information | Contact |
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| Geostationary Surface Albedo | Land surface albedo as derived from GOES-8, GOES-10, and GOES-12 visible channel data. Ancillary input data include NCEP values for total column water vapor and ozone. This is NOAA's Level 2 contribution to an international SCOPE-CM project, which will produce a near-global Level 3 land surface albedo product from a constellation of 5 geostationary satellites. | Land only; 70N–70S, 160E–10W; 2km | 10-day; 2000–2003 | |
| HIRS Temperature and Moisture Profiles | A neural network approach is applied to estimate atmospheric profiles of temperature and humidity from HIRS channel brightness temperatures. | Global; varying resolution |
Twice daily per satellite; 1979–2009 |
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| AMSU Near-surface Temperature and Moisture | Retrievals of near surface temperature and moisture from AMSU. The goal is to use such data to help estimate surface heat fluxes over the ocean. | Ocean only; 1 deg. |
Daily; 2001–2006 |
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| CDR RSS V7 SSM/I Tb | The RSS Version-7 FCDR from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) for the entire 25+ year brightness temperature period of record. There are three major changes in the Version 7 processing: (1) the water vapor continuum absorption model was re-derived, (2) the clear-sky bias in cloud water was removed and the data format for cloud water was changed, and (3) the beamfilling correction in the rain algorithm was modified. | Global; varying resolution | 1987–present |
For more information on Products Branch dataset development, contact the NCDC Products Branch Chief.



