NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide
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Chapter 1 - Polar Orbiter System Description.
Chapter 2 - Level 1b Data Base.
Chapter 3 - AVHRR Level 1b Data Base.
Chapter 4 - TOVS Level 1b Data.
Chapter 5 - NESDIS Operational Products.
Appendix A - Polar Stereographic Earth Locations.
Appendix C - Field Station HRPT Data Format.
Appendix D - Polar Orbiter Archived TOVS Sounding Data Change
and Problem Record.
Appendix K - Original Level 1b Formats valid to September 8,
1992.
Appendix L - Level 1b Formats valid from September 8, 1992 to
November 15, 1994.
Complete List of Tables
Table
1.2-1. Ascending and descending node times in LST.
Table 1.2-2. Launch and data
available dates for the TIROS-N series satellites.
Table 1.2-3. Brouwer mean
orbital elements for TIROS-N on Oct. 24, 1978 at 0000 UTC.
Table 1.2-4. Orbital
reference information (Ephemeris data) for TIROS-N Orbit 262.
Table 1.4.1-1. TIROS-N
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.1-2. TIROS-N
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.1-3.
Non-linearity errors for TIROS-N Channel 4.
Table 1.4.1-4. Corrected
values for TIROS-N Nsp.
Table 1.4.1-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on TIROS-N (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.2-1. NOAA-6
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.2-2. NOAA-6 TOVS
Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.2-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-6 Channel 4.
Table 1.4.2-4. Corrected
values for NOAA-6 Nsp.
Table 1.4.2-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-6 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.3-1. NOAA-7
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.3-2. NOAA-7
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.3-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-7 Channels 4 and 5.
Table 1.4.3-4. Corrected
values for NOAA-7 Nsp.
Table 1.4.3-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-7 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.4-1. NOAA-8
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.4-2. NOAA-8 TOVS
Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.4-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-8 Channel 4.
Table 1.4.4-4. Corrected
values for NOAA-8 Nsp.
Table 1.4.4-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-8 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.5-1. NOAA-9
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.5-2. NOAA-9 TOVS
Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.5-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-9 Channels 4 and 5.
Table 1.4.5-4. Corrected
values for NOAA-9 Nsp.
Table 1.4.5-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-9 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.6-1. NOAA-10
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.6-2. NOAA-10
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.6-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-10 Channel 4.
Table 1.4.6-4. Corrected
values for NOAA-10 Nsp.
Table 1.4.6-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-10 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.7-1. NOAA-11
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.7-2. NOAA-11
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.7-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-11 Channel 4.
Table 1.4.7-4.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-11 Channel 5.
Table 1.4.7-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-11 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.8-1. NOAA-12
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.8-2. NOAA-12
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.8-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-12 Channel 4.
Table 1.4.8-4.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-12 Channel 5.
Table 1.4.8-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-12 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.9-1. NOAA-13
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.9-2. NOAA-13
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.9-3.
Non-linearity errors for NOAA-13 AVHRR Channels 4 and 5.
Table 1.4.9-4.
Non-linearity coefficients and radiance of space for NOAA-13 AVHRR
Channels 4 and 5 (Alternate method).
Table 1.4.9-5. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-13 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table 1.4.10-1. NOAA-14
Central Wave Numbers for AVHRR IR Channels.
Table 1.4.10-2. NOAA-14
TOVS Channel Spectral Response and HIRS/2 Thermal Band-Correction
Coefficients.
Table 1.4.10-3. Radiance
correction coefficients for NOAA-14 AVHRRChannels 3, 4, and 5.
Table 1.4.10-4. PRT
coefficients for all instruments on NOAA-14 (from NESS 107, App.
B).
Table
2.0.3-1. Data set name qualifiers.
Table 2.0.4-1. Data set
Header Record Format for TOVS (after September 8, 1992).
Table 2.0.4-2. Data Set
Header record format for AVHRR (after Nov. 15, 1994).
Table 2.0.4-3. Spacecraft
ID.
Table 2.0.4-4. Data Type
Codes.
Table 2.0.4-5. DACS Status
Information Format.
Table 2.1.1-1. TBM Header
Record Format.
Table 2.1.1-2. Character
Code Conversion (ASCII).
Table 2.3-1. Level 1b Data
Record Length (Bytes).
Table 2.3-2. Level 1b IBM
3480 Cartridge Volume (Minutes/Cartridge).
Table
3.0.1-1. Spectral band widths (micrometers) of the AVHRR.
Table 3.1.2.1-1. Format
of GAC data record (implemented November 15, 1994).
Table 3.1.2.1-2. Format
of quality indicators.
Table 3.1.2.1-3. Format
of unpacked GAC video data (five channels).
Table 3.1.2.1-4. HRPT
Minor Frame Format.
Table 3.1.2.2-1. Format
for GAC video data (two channels).
Table 3.2.2.1-1. Format
of LAC/HRPT data record (implemented November 15, 1994).
Table 3.2.2.1-2. Format
of unpacked LAC/HRPT video data (five channels).
Table 3.2.2.2.1-1.
Format for LAC/HRPT video data (one channel).
Table 3.3.2-1. Pre-launch
slopes and intercepts for AVHRR Channels 1 and 2.
Table 3.3.2-2. Values of W
and F for AVHRR Channels 1 and 2.
Table
4.0-1. Instrument Parameters for TOVS Sensors.
Table 4.1.1-1. Typical
HIRS/2 Channel Characteristics.
Table 4.1.2.1-1. Format
of HIRS/2 data record.
Table 4.1.2.1-2. Format of
the HIRS/2 scan quality information.
Table 4.1.2.1-3. Order of
the HIRS/2 calibration coefficients.
Table 4.1.2.1-4. Format
of TIP HIRS/2 data output for one scan.
Table 4.1.2.1-5. HIRS/2
minor frame quality field format.
Table 4.1.2.1-6. Format
for unpacked full copy HIRS/2 data.
Table 4.1.2.2-1. Format
of the HIRS/2 channel data for two-channel select.
Table 4.2.1-1. Cell
pressures of the SSU channels.
Table 4.2.2.1-1. Format
of SSU data.
Table 4.2.2.1-2. Format
of the SSU scan quality information.
Table 4.2.2.1-3. Storage
of SSU calibration coefficients.
Table 4.2.2.1-4. Format
of each 60-byte group of SSU data.
Table 4.2.2.1-5.
Definition of the scan position quality for SSU data.
Table 4.2.2.1-6. Format
of unpacked full copy SSU data.
Table 4.2.2.2-1. Format
of SSU data field when Channels 2 and 3 are selected.
Table 4.3.2.1-1. Format
of MSU data.
Table 4.3.2.1-2. Format
of the MSU scan quality bytes.
Table 4.3.2.1-3. Order of
MSU calibration coefficients.
Table 4.3.2.1-4. Format
of MSU data.
Table 4.3.2.1-5. Typical
format for all MSU words (except scan position-line count).
Table 4.3.2.1-6. Format
of MSU scan position - line count (Word 7).
Table 4.3.2.1-7. Format
of the MSU scan position quality.
Table 4.3.2.1-8. Unpacked
format for full copy MSU data (channel data field).
Table 4.3.2.2-1. Format
of MSU data field if Channels 1 and 4 are selected.
Table
5.0-1. TOVS Sounding Products on CCT.
Table 5.0-2. Sea Surface
Temperature Products.
Table 5.0-3. Mapped/Gridded
AVHRR Product.
Table 5.0-4. Radiation
Budget Products.
Table 5.0-5. SBUV/2 Ozone
Products.
Table 5.1.1-1. Directory
Information Element.
Table 5.1.1-2. Data
Directory Element.
Table 5.1.1-3. Time
Category.
Table 5.1.1-4. NMC/NESDIS
Documentation Format.
Table 5.1.1-5. NMC/NESDIS
Sounding Products/Information Format.
Table 5.1.1-6. Variables
that Comprise ICC.
Table 5.1.1-7. Variables
that Comprise METREC.
Table 5.1.1.1-1. General
structure of the TOVS quality information file.
Table 5.1.1.1-2. Format
of the housekeeping record for the TOVS quality information
file.
Table 5.1.1.1-3. Format
of directory record for the TOVS quality information file.
Table 5.1.1.1-4. Format of
the data record for TOVS quality information file.
Table 5.1.1.1-5. Format
of TOVS quality information data records.
Table 5.1.2-1. Format of
new TOVS Sounding Product data record.
Table 5.1.2-2. Variables
that Comprise ICC.
Table 5.1.2.-3. Variables
that comprise MR.
Table 5.1.2.1-1. Format
of the housekeeping record.
Table 5.1.2.1-2. Format
of the directory record.
Table 5.1.2.1-3. Format
of new TOVS quality information record.
Table 5.2-1. Format of the
SST Header File.
Table 5.2.1-1. Areas of
50-km gridded SST fields after August 1, 1986.
Table 5.2.1-2. Areas of
14-km gridded SST fields.
Table 5.2.1.1-1. Format
of the Directory record for the SST Field file.
Table 5.2.1.2-1. Format
of the Field Documentation Record.
Table 5.2.1.3-1. Format
of the parameters in the grid intersection.
Table 5.2.1.3-2. Format
of the Latitudinal Row Identifier.
Table 5.2.2.1-1. Format
of the Block Directory for the Seven Day SST Observation File.
Table 5.2.2.1-2. Format
of the Subblock Directory.
Table 5.2.2.1-3. Format
of the Observation Unit.
Table 5.2.2.1-4. Record
structure of the Seven Day SST Observation File.
Table 5.2.2.1-5. SST
Observation Types.
Table 5.2.2.1-6. SST
Observation Source Codes.
Table 5.2.2.2-1. Format
of the Block Directory record.
Table 5.2.2.2-2. Format
of Observation Data Record.
Table 5.2.2.2-3. Format
of the Eight Day SST Observation Unit.
Table 5.2.3-1. Format of
Monthly Mean Data Field.
Table 5.3.1-1. File
Structure of the Mapped GAC (Polar Stereographic) tapes.
Table 5.3.1-2. Format of
the Documentation record.
Table 5.3.1.1-1. General
structure of the Polar Stereographic KLM Master Map cartridge.
Table 5.3.1.1-2. Format
of documentation record for Polar Stereographic KLM Master Map
data.
Table 5.3.2-1. File
structure of Mapped GAC data (Mercator).
Table 5.3.2.1-1. General
structure of the Mercator KLM Master Map cartridge.
Table 5.4.1.1-1. Record
length for first three data arrays in the Old Monthly Heat Budget
data.
Table 5.4.1.1-2.
Documentation for the Polar Stereographic arrays.
Table 5.4.1.1-3.
Documentation for the 2.5 x 2.5 degree Mercator arrays.
Table 5.4.1.2-1.
Documentation for the Monthly Polar Stereographic arrays.
Table 5.4.1.2-2.
Documentation in the Monthly 2.5 x 2.5 degree Mercator arrays.
Table 5.4.1.2-3. Blocking
of data for the Monthly Radiation Budget.
Table 5.4.2-1.
Documentation in the Seasonal Polar Stereographic arrays.
Table 5.4.2-2.
Documentation in the Seasonal 144 x 72 Mercator arrays.
Table 5.4.2.1-1. Format
of documentation for the 144 x 72 Mercator Arrays.5-79
Table 5.4.3.1-1. Format of
documentation for the 144 x 72 Mercator Arrays.
Table 5.4.3.2.1-1.
Documentation and data values for the poles for each array.
Table 5.4.3.2.2-1.
Documentation in Polar Stereographic projection.
Table
A-1. Subroutines IJTOLL and LLTOIJ argument list.
Table
C-1. Field Station Header Record (ASCII).
Table C-2. Field Station Data
Record.
Table
D-1. Missing TIROS-N datasets between November 19 - December
20, 1979.
Table D-2. Times of noisy data
between July 24-28, 1989.
Table
K-1. Format of GAC data record before September 8, 1992.
Table K-2. Format of LAC/HRPT
data record before September 8, 1992.
Table K-3. Format of quality
indicators before September 8, 1994.
Table K-4. Format of Dataset
Header Record before September 8, 1992.
Table
L-1. Format of the AVHRR dataset header record between October
21, 1992 and November 15, 1994.
Table L-2. Format of the GAC
data record between October 21, 1992 and November 15, 1994.
Table L-3. Format of the
LAC/HRPT data records between October 21, 1992 and November 15,
1994.