NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide Table of Contents

Introduction Page

NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide

The NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide (November 1998 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.

• Cover Page

• Acknowledgments: A Letter of Thanks for all those who Helped Out

• Disclaimer: A Disclaimer from the Author/Editor of the NOAA POD Guide

• Acronyms: A list of Acronyms and Abbreviations in the NOAA POD Guide

• List of Figures: A Listing of all Figures in the NOAA POD Guide

• List of Tables: A Listing of all Tables in the NOAA POD Guide

• Amendments: A Listing of all Revisions made to the NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide.

Section 1:

• Section 1.0: Polar Orbiter System Description

• Section 1.1: System Summary

• Section 1.2: Orbital Information

• Section 1.3: Procedure for Scheduling AVHRR LAC Data

• Section 1.4: Miscellaneous Parameters for the Polar Orbiter Satellites

Section 2:

• Section 2.0: Level 1b Data Base

• Section 2.1: Level 1b Tape Formats

• Section 2.2: Level lb Data Record Formats

• Section 2.3: Data Volume Per Tape

• 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

• Section 4.0: TOVS Level 1b Data

• Section 4.1: HIRS/2 Data

• Section 4.2: SSU Data

• Section 4.3: MSU Data

• Section 4.4: SBUV/2 Data

• Section 4.5: Calibration of TOVS Data

• Section 5.0: NESDIS Operational Products

• Section 5.1: TOVS Sounding Product

• Section 5.2: Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Products

• Section 5.3: Mapped GAC Products

• Section 5.4: Radiation Budget Products

• Section 5.5: SBUV/2 Ozone Products

• Section 6: Ordering Data Products

• 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 Satellite Information System (NOAASIS)

• 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 September 8, 1992

• Appendix L: Level 1b Formats valid from September 8, 1992 - November 15, 1994

• Appendix M: New HIRS Calibration Procedure (NOAA-12 only)