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1. 9 7 18 Table 9 7 1 4 10 Albedo Correction Factor Data Record 9 7 18 Table 9 7 1 4 11 SBUV 2 Orbital Header Record 9 7 18 Table 9 7 1 4 12 Discrete Data Record 9 7 19 Table 9 7 1 4 13 Sweep Data Record Data Identification Attitude Earth Location Data Digital B and Status Flags sa sob dae datei tede TI 9 7 22 Table 9 7 1 4 14 Byte bit Breakdown of Discrete Data 9 7 23 Table 9 7 1 4 15 Byte bit Breakdown of Discrete Sweep Data 9 7 23 Table 9 7 1 4 16 Byte bit Breakdown of Discrete 9 7 24 Table 9 7 1 4 17 Byte bit Breakdown of Discrete Sweep Data 9 7 25 Table 9 7 1 4 18 Byte bit Breakdown of Sweep 9 7 26 Table 9 7 1 4 19 SBUV 2 Orbital Statistical 9 7 27 Table 9 7 1 4 20 SBUV 2 Daily Statistical Record 9 7 28 Table 9 7 1 5 1 Digital A Subcom Housing 9 7 30 Table 9 7 1 5 2 Analog Telemetry 9 7 32 Table 9 7 2 2 1 PMF Record Layout for Day 9 7 35 Table 9 7 2 2 2 Ozone Pressure 9
2. 2 20 Figure 2 4 4 2 Position of the two LAC spots that straddle nadir 2 21 Figure 3 1 2 1 1 AVARR 3 Exploded View a a ae CSP E es 3 1 6 Figure 3 3 2 1 1 Frequency translation of a broadband signal in heterodyne reception 3 3 2 Figure 3 3 2 1 2 Schematic illustration of a single passband channel 3 3 3 Figure 3 3 2 1 3 Schematic illustration of a double passband channel 3 3 4 Figure 3 3 2 1 4 Schematic illustration of a quadruple sideband channel 3 3 5 Figure 3 3 2 2 1 AMSU A1 Instrument eos aft at aia Ves etta serre A i ae 3 3 4 Figure 3 3 2 2 2 AMSU A2 Instrument ea saca eri ena aa a 3 3 4 Figure 3 4 1 1 Microwave Characteristics of the Atmosphere 3 4 1 Figure 3 4 2 1 1 AMSU B General Configuration 3 4 5 Figure 3 7 1 SARSAT Instrument Package 3 7 2 Figure 3 7 2 3 1 SARP 2 Block Diagram 3 7 6 Figure 3 9 2 T SBUV Z2 Insteam nt s te xam Ses qu pu Ses eS 3 8 4 Figure 4 1 3 1 AIP Output Format 4241 54 94 ess wid te Rawle Re aa 4 1 6 Figure 4 2 2 1 Frame Format 4 2 2 Figure 4 2 3 1 APT Linearization 4 2 5 Figure 4 2 3 2 Video Line Format
3. 1 1 1 1 2 NOAA KLM SPACECRAFT CHARACTERISTICS 1 2 1 1 2 1 SPACECRAFT STRUCTURE 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 Instrument Mounting Platform 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 Equipment Support 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 Reaction Control Equipment Support Structure 1 2 3 1 2 1 4 Solar Pod desee 1 2 6 1 2 1 5 Spacecraft Launch Vehicle Interface 1 2 7 1 2 2 INSTRUMENT PAYLOAD GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS Bo al aia ital ag aha ea i Antal EIER 1 2 7 1 2 2 1 Earth 1 2 7 1 2 2 2 Atmospheric Sounding Instruments 1 2 8 1 2 2 3 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer hi hun 1 2 9 1 2 2 4 Space Environment Monitor SEM 1 2 9 1 2 2 5 Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking SYSTEM citat 1 2 11 1 2 2 6 Data Collection System 1 2 13 1 2 3 PROPULSION AND REACTION CONTROL SUBSYSTEM EI 1 2 13 1 2 4 ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEM WS Ai Hates Apso Ari ia Uae cot ball a 1 2 14 1 2 5 MISSION DATA ACQUISITION AND FORMATS 1 2 17 1 2 5 1 Environmental Data Formats 1 2 17 1 2 6 DATA HANDLING SUBSYSTEM 1 2 19 1 2 7 COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEMS 1 2 22 1 2 8 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
4. D 1 10 Table D 1 8 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 conversion coefficients D 1 11 Table D 1 9 NOAA 15 PRT Weighting Factors D 1 11 Table D 1 10 Summary of NOAA 15 AVHRR spectral response data as a function of wavenumber for each channel D 1 11 Table D 1 11 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 thermal channel radiance to temperature coefficients D 1 19 Table D 1 12 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 spectral response values for Channels 1 2and 3A D 1 24 Table D 1 13 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Spectral Response Values for Channels 4 and 5 D 1 31 Table D 1 14 NOAA 15 Radiance of Space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction g adratici 25260 cata e te hcec boite oe or AE oet Ser ed e PER t e des D 1 37 Table D 1 15 NOAA 15 AMSU PRT temperature conversion coefficients D 1 37 Table D 2 1 Measured Channel Characteristics for NOAA 16 AMSU A and AMSU B D 2 1 Table D 2 2 NOAA 16 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for HIRS 301 D 2 2 Table D 2 3 NOAA 16 HIRS 301 Channel 20 slope and intercept albedo D 2 2 Table D 2 4 NOAA 16 HIRS 301 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients M n D 2 2 xxxili NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table D 2 5 NOAA 16 HIRS 301 secondary telescope temperature coefficients D 2 3 Table D 2 6 Normalized response functions for t
5. ag ai 5 1 ALTERNATE SOURCES AND FORMS OF SATELLITE PREDICTION POSITION INFORMATION 2 2 ues lc Ae oe eds ete gs 5 4 5 2 1 SOURCES OF ORBITAL INFORMATION FOR NOAA POLAR ORBITING SATELLITES ue bas ERR 5 5 5 2 1 1 Internet veo echte Deus e e y Pal 5 5 5 2 1 2 Telephone Bulletin Board Systems BBS 5 6 5 2 1 3 Amateur Radio Transmissions 5 7 vi NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 6 0 7 0 8 0 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 5 2 1 4 Commercial On Line 5 7 INGEST AND PRE PROCESSING 6 1 TINGES cd eu os cet tes e 6 1 PRE PROGCESSING 36 248 ta e a ca detainee bas ww ee De 6 1 6 2 1 SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS 6 3 6 2 2 LEVEL 1b DATABASE IMPROVEMENTS 6 3 CALIBRATION S DES Set 6 3 6 3 1 PRE LAUNCH CALIBRATION 6 4 6 3 2 ON LINE CALIBRATION 9 gu 6 4 6 3 3 CALIBRATION EVALUATION 6 4 MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 6 4 CALIBRATION OF NOAA KLM INSTRUMENTS 7 1 1 A E daos A AE EEE 7 1 1 7 1 1 VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED CHANNELS CHANNELS 1 PIAN AS sages ii ea ut Quo d este utputa e du aas 7 1 2 7 1 1 1 Pre fa nch calib
6. 3 7 1 3 7 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3 7 4 3 7 2 1 SARSAT Antennas 3 7 4 3 7 2 1 1 SARSAT Receiver Antennas 3 7 4 3 1 2 21 2 L Band Transmitter Antenna 3 7 5 3 7 2 2 SAR Repeater SARR 3 7 5 3 7 2 3 SAR Processor SARP 2 3 7 5 3 7 3 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 3 7 7 3 8 SOLAR BACKSCATTER ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL RADIOMETER 2 ig ace ebd loeo Ga 3 8 1 3 8 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 8 1 3 8 1 1 Purpose of the SBUV Instrument 3 8 1 3 8 1 2 Instrument 3 8 1 3 8 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION reos rue eR o 3 8 1 3 8 3 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 3 8 2 3 8 3 1 In Flight Measurement of Detector Gain 3 8 2 V NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 4 0 5 0 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 5 1 5 2 3 6 3 2 In Flight Wavelength Calibration 3 8 5 3 8 3 3 Pre flight Calibration Ratio of Radiance to Irtadidtice es ones ay oe Cw xb Ae 3 8 5 REAL TIME DATA SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL USERS 4 1 1 HRPE SYSTEM spa MAL rod QU IU eo S f pute LUE 4 1 1 4 1 1 GENERAL iride edo os erac edet Ce d et eh 4 1 1 4 1 2 TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS 4 1 1 4 1 3 HRPT MINOR FRAME
7. 9 3 7 9 3 1 3 Seasonal Annual Mean Radiation Budget Products 0500 ch LEES 9 3 11 TIROS N SERIES RADIATION BUDGET PRODUCTS 93 14 SOUNDING PRODUCTS ATOVS AND AMSU B 9 4 1 ATOVS SOUNDING PRODUCT APRIL 27 1999 PRESENT ig PET Oe edu Ir Ur 9 4 1 9 4 1 1 ATOVS Sounding Retrieval Archive Data File 9 4 2 9 4 1 2 ATOVS Sounding Quality Information Metadata Archive Bile people feat a eeo i lat ded ene bd 9 4 10 9 4 1 3 ATOVS Radiosonde Matchup Archive File 9 4 14 AMSU B SOUNDING PRODUCTS 9 4 27 9 4 2 1 AMSU B Metadata Archive File 9 4 30 9 4 2 2 AMSU B Radiosonde Match Archive 9 4 32 COASTWATCH PRODUCTS 9 5 1 GENERIC DATA RECORD FORMAT FOR IMAGE PRODUCTS a carne BI ce 9 5 14 IMAGE DATA AND COMPRESSION NOTES 9 5 17 9 5 2 1 Graphics Compression 9 5 19 HOW TO OBTAIN COASTWATCH DATA 9 5 21 9 5 3 1 CoastWatch Regional Nodes 9 5 21 9 5 3 2 CoastWatch Central Operations 9 5 23 SNOW AND ICE PRODUCTS a a e ecu 9 6 1 NOAA KLM ERA PRODUCTS 9 6 1 NEW SYSTEM 22 ig hee metuas en 9 6 2 OZONE PRODUCTS i La vedo on Red aca 9 7 IDA SET s eaa canet 9 7 9 7 1 1 ren MED RERO AE ETT 9 7 9 7 1 2 Contents ce ati tt ta e cea DU RED 9 7 1 9 7
8. 4 1 1 4 1 4 DIGITAL TELEMETRY 4 1 9 4 1 4 1 AMIS WEAN da tnt rider dated is 4 1 9 4 1 4 2 2 set seti miei nuo o e 4 1 13 4 1 4 3 POUR ETE 4 1 16 4 1 5 AIP MINOR FRAME FORMATS 4 1 27 APTSY STEM a ange tle dolce a tas caiac 4 2 1 4 2 1 GENERAL A 4 2 1 4 2 2 APT TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS 4 2 1 4 2 3 APT DATA FRAME FORMAT 4 2 3 DIRECT SOUNDER BROADCAST 08 4 3 1 4 3 1 GENERA Dore io ice d ai Pees Meee Lbs es 4 3 1 4 3 2 DSB TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS 4 3 1 4 3 3 TIP FRAME FORMAT 4 3 2 4 3 4 DIGITAL TELEMETRY 4 3 5 4 3 4 1 HIRS S 22d sue Bead seti qiu eb RP 4 3 5 4 3 4 2 SEIS arti a ar te SDN NR e Soe 4 3 13 4 3 4 3 SBUV Z2 Au t EN DE SD aa Sia E E 4 3 20 4 3 4 3 1 Discrete Mode eo evt een a ia 4 3 20 4 3 4 3 2 Sweep 4 3 20 4 3 4 3 3 Wavelength Calibration Mode 4 3 20 DATA COLLECTION AND LOCATION SYSTEM 4 4 1 4 4 1 GENERAD utei a eda lea do e ded 4 4 1 TRACKING PROCEDURES FOR DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS USED TO ACQUIRE DATA FROM REAL TIME TRANSMISSIONS SYSTEM SENSORS acc eh rer a alcatel x fe 5 1 cw dai a
9. 8 3 161 8 3 1 7 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 161 92172 Header Records 8 3 162 8 3 1 7 3 Data Records 15503 c i de ete apei al abea ae ed 8 3 177 8 3 1 8 SEM 2 Data Sets 8 3 186 8 3 1 8 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 187 8 3 1 8 2 Header Records 8 3 187 8 3 1 8 3 Records oce edita sa ded dicont 8 3 195 NESDIS 9 0 1 SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SST PRODUCTS 9 1 1 9 1 1 SST FIELD FORMAT sai suis ae ati ecu 9 1 2 9 1 1 1 Directory Record Format 9 1 5 9 1 1 2 Field Documentation Record Format 9 1 5 9 1 1 3 Field Data Record Format 9 1 10 9 1 2 EIGHT DAY SST OBSERVATION FILE 9 1 12 9 1 3 SST MONTHLY MEAN ARCHIVE 9 1 18 MAPPED GAC PRODUCTS 9 2 1 9 2 1 MAPPED GAC POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC PRODUCT 9 2 1 9 2 2 MAPPED GAC MERCATOR PRODUCT 9 2 6 viii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 3 1 9 3 2 9 4 1 9 4 2 9 5 1 9 5 2 9 5 3 9 6 1 9 6 2 9 7 1 RADIATION BUDGET PRODUCTS 9 3 1 NOAA KLM RADIATION BUDGET PRODUCTS 9 3 1 9 3 1 1 Primary Components 37 Day File PC37DF 9 3 9 3 1 2 Monthly Mean Radiation Budget Product
10. 9 4 12 Table 9 4 1 2 4 Format of Data Record 3 of Metadata archive file 9 4 12 XXX NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table 9 4 1 2 5 Format of Data Record 4 of Metadata archive flle 9 4 13 Table 9 4 1 3 1 Format of header record for radiosonde matchup file 9 4 14 Table 9 4 1 3 2 Format of Class Header Record for Radiosonde Matchup File 9 4 16 Table 9 4 1 3 3 Format of data records for the Radiosonde Matchup File 9 4 16 Table 9 4 2 1 Header Record Format of Orbit Archive 9 4 28 Table 9 4 2 2 Format of Orbit Archive File Retrieval Data Records 9 4 28 Table 9 4 2 1 1 Format of the header record of the AMSU B metadata archive file 9 4 31 Table 9 4 2 1 2 Format of AMSU B Metadata Archive File Data Record A Mixing Ratios Loire wes taxe i sere EDU MAUS E 9 4 3 Table 9 4 2 1 3 Format of AMSU B Metadata Archive File Data Record B Brightness Temperatures 5 450 taa eque EA ba aue ee Rab ban e d ate RERO dE 9 4 32 Table 9 4 2 2 1 Format of Header record for AMSU B Radiosonde Match Archive File 9 4 33 Table 9 4 2 2 2 Format of Data record for AMSU B Radiosonde Match Archive File 9 4 34 Table 9 5 1 Header record format for image product files 9 5 2 Table 9 5 2 Product Codes edes ERE RA ex AR
11. rede 3 4 3 3 4 2 1 S b E HET 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 Microwave Receiver 3 4 4 3 4 2 3 Calibration Target 3 4 6 3 4 2 4 Systems Requirements 3 4 6 3 5 SPACE ENVIRONMENT MONITOR SEM 2 3 5 1 3 5 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 5 1 3 5 1 1 Total Energy Detector 3 5 2 3 5 1 2 Medium Energy Proton Electron Detector 3 5 2 3 5 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3 5 3 3 5 2 1 Total Energy Detector 3 5 3 3 5 2 2 Medium Energy Proton Electron Detector oki dee ce stri 3 5 4 3 5 2 3 Data Processing Unit 3 5 5 3 6 DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM 2 DCS 2 3 6 1 3 6 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 6 1 3 6 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION s a aa ocu et ees 3 6 1 3 6 2 1 Receiver Power Unit 3 6 1 3 6 2 2 Control Unit o 15 al per o 3 6 1 3 6 2 3 Data Recovery Unit 3 6 2 3 6 2 4 Telemetry Encoder and Memory 3 6 2 3 6 2 5 Power and Command Unit 3 6 2 3 6 3 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 3 6 2 3 7 SEARCH AND RESCUE SATELLITE SARSAT INSTRUMENT Sit ud au va eie 3 7 1 3 7 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION
12. SAA SYSTEM 9 9 2 9 9 1 1 Navigating Through the SAA Telnet Interface 9 9 2 9 9 1 2 Navigating Through the SAA WWW Interface 9 9 5 USER ASSISTANCE INFORMATION 9 9 12 DATA AVAILABLE IN THE SAA 9 9 12 X NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision APPENDIX A A l A 2 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 APPENDIX B APPENDIX C C 1 2 C 3 APPENDIX D D 1 D 2 D 3 APPENDIX E APPENDIX F 1 Fo APPENDIX G G 1 G 2 G 3 G 4 G 5 G 6 G 7 G 8 G 9 G 10 APT PREDICI IBUS BULLETIN 1 THE TBUS CODE FORM Dre EXTR A 4 THE TBUS 2 CODE FORM ie te cate cc e atata m RE s A 6 EXPLANATION OF CODE SYMBOLS A 8 SAMPLE APT PREDICT TBUS BULLETIN A 15 DECODING EXERCISE 5 v E Paus A 17 NASA TWO LINE ORBITAL ELEMENTS TLE A 23 EXAMPLE OF DECODED TWO LINE ORBITAL ELEMENT MESSAGE oes het eor n A a a A ee A 26 POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC EARTH LOCATION C 1 INTRODUCTION sence aan ER hh oleae era a ue ca eR ae C 1 PROGRAM OPERATION C MEETS EIE C 2 PROGRAM LISTINGS ih ta b Rat e pets C 8 MISCELLANEOUS PARAMETERS FOR THE POLAR ORBITER SATELDITES 2 tu data 2 9 MS Dad Dis A ret uet des ee D 1 1 NIST S AA MON
13. Global octant map cese esee a win ce A ee A 14 Figure C 1 Definition of latitude angles eh anale aia C 3 Figure C 2 Definition of longitude angle C 4 Figure C 3 Arrangement of array containing two hemispheres C 5 Figure C 4 Example of CENTI 254 7 258 C 7 Figure D 1 1 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 1 D 1 20 Figure D 1 2 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 2 D 1 21 Figure D 1 3 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 3A D 1 21 Figure D 1 4 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 3B D 1 21 Figure D 1 5 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 4 D 1 22 Figure D 1 6 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Channel 5 D 1 22 Figure D 2 1 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 1 D 2 49 Figure D 2 2 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 2 D 2 50 Figure D 2 3 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 3A D 2 50 Figure D 2 4 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 3B D 2 51 Figure D 2 5 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 4 D 2 51 Figure D 2 6 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Channel 5 D 2 52 Figure D 3 1 Spectral Respo
14. Satellite Operations Control Center Shared Processing Network Signal Processing Unit steradian SAR Receiver Antenna Satellite Services Branch NCDC Space Shuttle SBUV Satellite Services Division Solid State Detector Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Profiler XXIV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision SSM T SSM I SSP SST SSU STU STX SUBCOM SW SZA T V TBD TBUS TCE TCS TDR TED TIP TIROS TLE TLM TOVS TU UDA UHF Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sub Satellite Point Sea Surface Temperature Stratospheric Sounding Unit Scan Timing Unit Standard Time Unit Station Transmission Assembly subcommutator Short Wave Solar Zenith Angle Thermal Vacuum To Be Determined TIROS Bulletin United States Thermal Control Electronics Thermal Control Systems Temperature Data Record Total Energy Detector TIROS Information Processor Television Infrared Observation Satellite Two line Elements Telemetry TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Transport Units UHF Data collection system Antenna User Ephemeris File Ultra High Frequency XXV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision URL USAF USO USSC UTC V C V VAFB WR VCO VDC VHF VHRR VIS VPD VRA VS VTF VTX WEFAX WLC WMO WR WWW Uniform Resource Locator United States Air Force Ultra Stable Oscillator U S Space Command formerly NORAD Coordinated Universal Time same as GMT UltraViole
15. ee a ae eR e RR REP 9 8 18 Table A 1 Code Symbols for Heading and Parts 1 A 3 Table A 2 Satellite identifier in TBUS bulletins A 3 Table A 3 1 Explanation of Code Symbols A 8 TableA3 2 Part IV Code Symbols Ier HERE eec oa e ada A 11 Table A 5 1 Decoding exercise of sample APT Predict TBUS Bulletin from Section A 4 A 17 Table A 6 1 Format of standard Two Line Orbital Element Set A 23 Table A 6 2 Definition of satellite ID and International designator A 24 Table A 7 1 Example of decoded Two Line orbital element message A 26 Table C 1 1 Subroutines IITOLL and LLTOIJ argument C 1 Table D 1 1 Measured Channel Characteristics for NOAA 15 AMSU A and AMSU B D 1 2 Table D 1 2 NOAA 15 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for HIRS 3 D 1 2 Table D 1 3 NOAA 15 HIRS 3 Channel 20 slope and D 1 3 Table D 1 4 NOAA 15 HIRS 3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients D 1 3 Table D 1 5 Normalized response functions for the NOAA K HIRS 3 thermal channels D 1 4 Table D 1 6 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 pre launch calibration coefficients albedo Iepresentablohi Sade aa ac ae ede Merde oe ean o p Ra Fa reddite D 1 10 Table D 1 7 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Visible Channel Information
16. 3 1 Table D 3 2 NOAA 17 Radiance of Space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction GUACT able o acces ua Alei NA Le este berto MET CAS M Al A Pa ac D 3 1 Table D 3 3 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 conversion coefficients D 3 1 Table D 3 4 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 pre launch calibration coefficients albedo T presentatiot oso e eau E EVE RAO eU NER ti ar D 3 2 Table D 3 5 Summary of NOAA 17 AVHRR spectral response data as a function of wavenumber Tor each channel D 3 2 Table D 3 6 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Visible Channel Information D 3 10 Table D 3 7 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 thermal channel radiance to temperature coefficients D 3 10 Table D 3 8 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 spectral response values for Channels 1 2 and 3A D 3 10 Table D 3 9 NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Spectral Response Values for Channels 4 and 5 D 3 17 Table D 3 10 NOAA 17 HIRS 303 Central Wave Numbers v and Band Correction Coefficients Fand gt ERE Ret DES RI SIRE qa sep CO ae are eee D 3 28 Table D 3 11 NOAA 17 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for HIRS 303 D 3 29 Table D 3 12 NOAA 17 HIRS 303 secondary telescope temperature coefficients D 3 30 Table D 3 13 Normalized response functions for the NOAA 17 HIRS 303 thermal GRATIN ata il e ot Qo ite d D 3 30 Table D 3 14 17 HIRS 303 Channel 20 slope and interc
17. 55 dS Spo e Leon es peo Ee DOR sas 4 2 6 Figure 4 2 3 3 APT Synchronization 4 2 7 Figure 5 1 1 Schematic representation of TBUS 1 TBUS 2 information 5 3 Figure 6 0 1 Polar Data Processing Flow 6 6 i sce cece e eevee hee 6 2 Figure 7 1 2 3 1 NOAA K Channel 4 and 5 nonlinear corrections at 10 20 and 30 C ICT 7 1 9 Figure 9 5 2 1 Example of uncompressed image 9 5 17 Figure 9 5 2 2 Example of uncompressed image byte sequence 9 5 18 Figure 9 5 2 3 Example of compressed image byte sequence 9 5 19 Figure 9 5 2 1 1 Example of how 203 pixels with no graphics followed by 9 pixels with planes 7 and 4 on and one pixel with plane 4 on would be written 9 5 21 Figure 927 13 12 Data Sete ease tea ON RARI a aa A aria c 9 7 10 XXXVI NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Figure 9 7 1 4 1 SBUV Level 1b Data Set Record Layouts 9 7 13 Figure 9 7 2 2 1 PMF Archive Tape Data Set Organization 9 7 33 Figure 9 7 3 2 1 Historical Instrument File Data Organization 9 7 57 Figure A 1 Schematic representation of information conveyed in TBUS 1 and TBUS 2 bulletins EET AA 1 Pisure A 3 2
18. 7 35 Table 9 7 2 2 3 Ozone Pressure Layers and Levels 9 7 37 Table 9 7 2 2 4 PMF Orbital Header Record 9 7 38 Table 9 7 2 2 5 PMF Data Record 9 7 39 Table 9 7 2 2 6 PMF Orbital Trailer Record 9 7 42 Table 9 7 2 2 7 PME Daily Trailer Record 9 7 42 Table 9 7 2 2 8 SBUV 2 Ozone Product Master File PMF BUFR Words 9 7 43 Table 9 7 3 2 1 Daily HIF Data Set Arrangement 9 7 58 Table 9 7 3 4 1 Historical Instrument File Record 105 9 7 61 Table 9 7 3 4 2 Daily Historical Instrument File Directory Record 9 7 61 Table 9 7 3 4 3 Instrument Calibration Albedo Correction Directory Record 9 7 62 Table 9 7 3 4 4 Instrument Characterization Header Record 9 7 62 Table 9 7 3 4 5 Offset Data Record 9 7 63 Table 9 7 3 4 6 Earth View Interrange Ratios Statistical Record 9 7 63 Table 9 7 3 4 7 Wavelength Calibration Data Record 9 7 64 Table 9 7 3 4 8 Diffuser Degradation Data Record 9 7 64 Table 9 7 3 4 9 Preliminary Irradiance Statistical Record 9 7 65 Table 9 7 3 4 10 Discrete Preliminary Ir
19. 8 3 1 2 6 Baseplate Unit gt peria eenn EUNT RI SEE 3 1 9 3 1 3 PROCESSING 225 5204 3 1 9 3 1 3 1 Automatic Picture Transmission APT 3 1 9 3 1 3 2 Global Area Coverage GAC 3 1 9 3 1 3 3 High Resolution Picture Transmission e te lu 3 1 10 3 1 3 4 Local Area Cover 3 1 10 3 2 HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED RADIATION SOUNDER HIRS 3 Tc PP v ARIA naut PE 3 2 1 3 2 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 2 1 3 2 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3 2 4 3 2 2 1 Introduction 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 Scan System Description 3 2 6 3 2 3 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 3 2 7 3 2 4 HIRS 3 DIGITAL A DATA 3 2 7 3 3 ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT A AMSU A 3 3 1 3 3 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 3 1 3 3 2 SYSTEM 3 3 1 3 3 2 1 sc casus moenia etna a Mat usq ae es 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 Antenna Drive Calibration System 3 3 3 3 3 3 CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS 3 3 5 iv NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 3 4 ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT B AMSU B 3 4 1 3 4 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 4 1 3 4 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 0258 cae a oa ase gate
20. CREER 9 5 8 Table 9 5 3 Product Availability Codes 28 ot ate cud 9 5 8 Table 9 54 Oreat Lakes Region ets T we eau iP ertet dus s 9 5 8 Table 9 5 5 Gulf of Mexico Region Cor veu Kex at HEP XO ERES SINUS 9 5 9 Table 9 5 6 Northeast Region ooo pec P decebat a 9 5 10 Table 9 5 7 Southeast Region NIE M PRU 9 5 10 Table 9 5 8 Carribean Region oves cere er e REQUE ep ee Fes Ce 9 5 11 Table 9 5 9 West Coast Region 9 5 11 Table 9 5 10 Alaska North Region 9 5 13 Table 9 5 11 Alaska West Region 9 5 13 Table 9 5 12 Alaska South 9 5 14 Table 9 5 13 Hawaii Region uos hath cei d hum d OW aia al d ap Bu d 9 5 14 Table 9 5 1 1 Image Pixel Determination 9 5 15 Table 9 6 3 1 1 Comparison of Microwave 9 6 4 Table 9 6 3 1 2 AMSU A and B 9 6 6 Table 9 6 3 1 3 Difference between Day l and Day 2 9 6 8 Table 9 6 3 1 4 AMSU A HDF EOS Swath NPR AAOP files on CEMSCS 9 6 9 Table 9 6 3 1 5 AMSU A HDF EOS Swath Attributes 9 6 11 Table
21. RR Ds NOAA 552 reta usta tud Same ante D 3 1 INDEX OF INTERNET E 1 ORDERING RETROSPECTIVE DATA 1 NCDC SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS 1 SAA SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS F 3 DATA CHANGES AND PROBLEM RECORD G 1 CHANGES MADE TO NOAA KLM LEVEL 1B DATA G 1 1 CHANGES MADE TO NESDIS SST OBSERVATION PRODUCT aaa e uta ET G 2 1 CHANGES MADE TO NAVY S SST OBSERVATION PRODUCT Dur sus oa ine Gard pt G3 CHANGES MADE TO MAPPED GAC PRODUCTS G 4 1 CHANGES MADE TO RADIATION BUDGET PRODUCTS G 5 1 CHANGES MADE TO SOUNDING PRODUCTS ATOVS AND MEN a neta ll onde aia toat Maced iama weenie G 6 2 CHANGES MADE TO COASTWATCH PRODUCTS G 7 1 CHANGES MADE TO SNOW AND ICE PRODUCTS G 8 1 CHANGES MADE TO OZONE SBUV 2 PRODUCTS G 9 1 CHANGES MADE TO AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS PRODUCTS aaa Lee aaa A ue ate ad G 10 1 xi NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision APPENDIX H APPENDIX I L1 L2 L3 L4 APPENDIX J 1 1 12 13 14 APPENDIX APPENDIX L APPENDIX M APPENDIX N APPENDIX O ORBIT INJECTION Ebro ir e nte at pr HRS H 1 FORMULATION OF A GENERIC ALGORITHM FOR EARTH LOCATING DATA FROM NOAA POLAR SATELLITES I 1 GENERAD G ue a a rs tr st Mf Mr
22. Wendell Clouse Larry Flynn Geof Goodrum Axel Graumann Phil Green Emily Harrod Mary Hollinger Larry McMillen Tsan Mo Bob Muckle Sam Patterson Walt Planet Bruce Ramsay Nagaraja Rao Doug Ross Irving Ruff John Sapper Jerry Sullivan Jeremy Throwe Dave Wark Mike Weinreb Wayne Winston Tom Wrublewski all of NOAA and Roberto Aleman Doug Fineberg Harold Goldberg Jack Knoll Sergey Krimchansky Tony Miller Norm Peterski George Robinson all of NASA for the technical expertise and guidance in their respective areas Geof Goodrum and Wayne Winston also helped edit the text and suggested modifications Chantell Haskins tireless efforts to collect and organize the necessary inputs should also not be overlooked Also many thanks go to the people that helped review portions of this document when it was in it s infancy These people were Mike Weinreb NOAA NESDIS Dave Evans NOAA s Space Environment Lab Dan Flanagan NOAA Liaison Office Wayne Winston NOAA NESDIS Geof Goodrum NOAA NESDIS Roger Saunders ECMWF Phil Evans U K Meteorological Office and Dieter Klaes EUMETSAT Last but certainly not least I would like to acknowledge the expertise and persistence of Jeannette Rivera and Dee Lallemont both of NOAA NESDIS NCDC for converting this huge document into HTML My apologies to those people that I may have overlooked Katherine B Kidwell DISCLAIMER While every effort has been made to ensure that this docume
23. ae EA I 1 CALCULATING THE EARTH S COORDINATES 1 2 TIMING SYSTEMS ON THE SPACECRAFT AND THE EFFECTS ERRORS ON EARTH LOCATION 1 13 DISCUSSION 3 455 ut Ede ase a Be RESTER 1 13 INSTRUMENT SCAN PROPERTIES J 1 ID sa ane sote a CPP J 6 cresta s pu Aetas e ca A Jul Re A a da J 8 AISI iz writes E A Sa ca a de td J 12 SBUNM 2 sti ea edu SS ins J 18 CONVERSION OF BLACKBODY TEMPERATURES TO AVHRR RADIANCES cca aye tounge tea ue da ieee K 1 REFERENCES ooo ssid gos tive ie ur Sr ERE NS bg L 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF NOAA K AMSU B CORRECTION ALGORITHME 555 sete ee ia Gh Sa A a ai e taeda ai M 1 CONVERSION ROUTINE FOR IBM FLOATING POINT NUMBERS TO IEEE REAL NUMBERS eset ke ERR ERREUR N 1 PROCEDURE FOR SCHEDULING AVHRR LAC DATA O 1 xli NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This document is the cumulative effort of many people in NOAA NESDIS and NASA to whom Iam most grateful The NOAA KLM Documentation Task Team consisting of Chantell Haskins Stan Brown Wayne Winston Geof Goodrum and myself directed the collection efforts and attempted to combine several existing documents into one for the convenience of the end user I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Joe Askew Dudley Bowman Stan Brown Ellen Brown
24. surface footprints for HIRS 3 and AMSU A full scan J 11 Figure J 3 1 AMSU A scanning characteristics J 14 Figure J 3 2 AMSU AI antenna position with respect to frame synchronization pulse J 15 NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Figure J 3 3 AMSU A2 antenna position with respect to frame synchronization pulse J 15 Figure 13 4 AMSU B scanning Ex ae ae REN AHO TN Ea nt J 16 Figure J 3 5 Definition of AMSU B scan plane and motion J 17 Figure J 4 1 Simplified optical path of SBUV 2 instrument xxxvili NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision This page left blank intentionally XXXIX NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision
25. 1 2 1 Raw SBUV 2 9 7 2 9 7 1 2 2 Major Frame Synchronization 9 7 3 9 7 1 2 3 Cloud and Temperature Data from TOVS 9 7 3 9 7 1 2 4 Surface Pressure Data 9 7 4 9 7 1 2 5 Ancillary Data 9 7 4 9 7 1 2 6 Instrument Calibration and Albedo Correction EU ai TH OEE apr tat aa 9 7 5 9 7 1 2 7 Instrument Status and Quality Flags 9 7 6 9 7 1 2 8 Earth Location Data 9 7 7 9 7 1 2 9 Values on the 1b Data Set 9 7 7 9 7 1 3 Data Organization 9 7 8 ix NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 9 8 9 9 9 1 2 9 7 3 9 7 4 9 7 5 9 9 1 9 9 2 9 9 3 9 7 1 4 Record Layouts 2552340 vate 9 7 11 9 7 1 5 Housekeeping Data Ranges and Conversions 9 7 29 PRODUCT MASTER FILE 9 7 33 9 7 2 1 Overview Ax OE sms ott e Lak 9 7 33 9 7 2 2 Data Organization 9 7 33 HISTORICAL INSTRUMENT FILE 9 7 56 9 7 3 1 it lo edat este db et 9 7 56 9 7 3 2 Contents soo ELS 9 7 56 9 7 3 3 Data Organization 9 7 60 9 7 3 4 Record Layouts QS 9 7 60 OOPS STANDARD HEADER 9 7 67 DATA DICTIONARY 453 024 at 9 7 69 AEROSOL OPTICAL
26. 9 6 3 1 6 Format of AMSU B HDF EOS Swath NPR ABOP files on CEMSCS 9 6 11 Table 9 6 3 1 7 AMSU B HDF EOS Swath 9 6 13 Table 9 6 3 1 8 AMSU B HDF EOS PS Grid NPR ABMP files on CEMSCS 9 6 13 Table 9 6 3 1 9 Product Error Flags ee ee eee wea be Peas APES Tu A 9 6 14 Table 9 7 1 2 7 1 1b Data Set Instrument Status and Data Quality Flags 9 7 6 Table 9 7 1 2 9 1 Values on Data Records v acter a are oo alae Ga 9 7 7 Table 9 7 1 3 1 Daily Ib Standard Header Record Data Set Order 9 7 9 Table 9 7 1 4 1 SBUV 1b Data Set Record IDs 9 7 12 Table 9 7 1 4 2 Byte bit Breakdown of NESDIS Orbital Header Data 9 7 14 Table 9 7 1 4 3 Ancillary Data Spectral Information Data 9 7 15 Table 9 7 1 4 4 Ancillary Data Multiple Scattering Coefficients Data Record 9 7 15 XXXI NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table 9 7 1 4 5 Ancillary Data Total Ozone Tables Data Record 9 7 16 Table 9 7 1 4 6 Ancillary Data A Priori Information Data 9 7 16 Table 9 7 1 4 7 Prelaunch Calibration Data Record 9 7 17 Table 9 7 1 4 8 Day 1 Solar Flux Data 9 7 17 Table 9 7 1 4 9 Interrange Ratios Data
27. 999 M 12 Table M 9 2 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 as of 28 Sept 1999 M 21 Table M 8 1 Location of transmitter power in spacecraft M 31 Table M 9 1 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 as of 22 Sept 1998 M 32 XXXV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 2 1 NOAA KLM System Functional Design 1 2 4 Figure 1 2 1 1 NOAA KLM Spacecraft Configuration 1 2 5 Piste 2 254 SARSAT Concept au saa tO Eco t er CEA bee uate ote pl 1 2 12 Figure 1 231 RCE Functional Schematic d s rara ibd VR EA 1 2 16 Figure 1 2 4 1 ADACS Simplified Block Diagram 1 2 17 Figure 2 3 2 1 Sample plot available from Graphical orbit locator 2 6 Figure 2 3 2 2 Sample plot available from Graphical Orbit Locator 2 8 Figure 2 3 2 3 Sample NOAA 14 Equator Crossing Data 2 9 Figure 2 3 2 4 Sample NOAA 14 TIP Clock Error 2 9 Figure 2 4 1 1 Relationship of sub satellite point to Earth 2 11 Figure 2 4 1 2 Angular relationships between satellite surface and Earth center 2 12 Figure 2 4 1 3 Relationship between viewed point and latitude and longitude 2 13 Figure 2 4 4 1 Earth Locations of LAC and GAC spots near
28. Center Kelvin kilo amperes kilobits per second kilo electron volts kilograms kilo Hertz kilometer kilo pulses per second National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway Local Area Coverage pounds Light Emitting Diode Last In First Out Line of Sight Loss of Signal XIX NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision LRC Longitude Rotation Convention LS level sensor LSB Least Significant Bit LSP Least Significant Portion LST Local Solar Time LUT Local User Terminals LVPS Low Voltage Power Supply LW Long Wave MASS Microwave and Antenna Subsystem max maximum mb millibars mbps Megabits per second MDD Meteorological Data Distribution MDE Motor Drive Electronics MEPED Medium Energy Proton and Electron Detector MeV Milli electron volt MFP Major Frame Pulse MHz mega Hertz mi mile MIRP Manipulated Information Rate Processor mm millimeter mps meters per second mr milliradian MSB Most Significant Bit msec microsecond MSP Most Significant Portion XX NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision MSU MIF mux MW N A NASA NCDC NCEP NEAN NEAT NESDIS nm NMC NOAA NOAASIS NODC NOHRSC NORAD NRZ L NRZ NWS OIG OLR Microwave Sounding Unit Modulation Transfer Function multiplexer microwave Not Available National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Climatic Data Center National Center for Environmental Prediction Noise Equivalent Radiance Noise Equivalent Delta Tem
29. Format Discrete Mode Voltage and Current Monitors IOSCEIDEIOD paie datei Aro pr aaa lg o r V e og e E ene 4 3 24 Table 4 3 4 3 1 5 SBUV 2 Description of Command Sequence State Monitors 4 3 25 Table 4 3 4 3 1 6 SBUV 2 Data Description of the Electronic Calibration Step Decoding using Timing Monitors and the Retrace Monitor 4 3 26 Table 4 3 4 3 1 7 TIP Minor Frame 4 3 26 Table 4 3 4 3 1 8 SBUV 2 Data Format Discrete Mode Analog Sub Multiplexer Data db dia pa isk 4 3 29 Table 7 1 1 1 1 Split gain ranges for the visible and near infrared channels of AVHRR 3 7 1 4 Table 7 3 1 Differences between the AMSU A and AMSU B procedures 7 3 2 Table 7 5 1 1 1 Nominal Values for TED Energy Flux Calibration Factors 7 5 1 Table 7 5 1 2 1 CDEM Threshold Levels C Nn 7 5 2 Table 7 5 2 1 1 MEPED Telescope Calibrated Geometric Factors 1 5 3 Table 7 5 2 1 2 Omnidirectional Sensor Calibrated Geometric Factors 7 5 4 Table 7 5 2 2 1 MEPED Thresholds and IFC Phase for Measurement 7 5 5 Table 8 2 1 Level 1b Data Set Names Te ENG da e et PLE A 8 2 1 Table 8 3 1 2 1 Format of ARS Header Record 2 8 3 2 Table 8 3 1 3 1 1 LAC HR
30. NOAA KLM USER S GUIDE SEPTEMBER 2001 Edited by Geoffrey Goodrum Katherine B Kidwell Wayne Winston Contributors Roberto Aleman Geof Goodrum Tsan Mo Irving Ruff Joe Askew Axel Graumann Bob Muckle John Sapper Dudley Bowman Phil Green Sam Patterson Jerry Sullivan Stan Brown Emily Harrod Norm Peterski Jeremy Throwe Ellen Brown Mary Hollinger Walt Planet Dave Wark Wendell Clouse Jack Knoll Bruce Ramsay Mike Weinreb Doug Fineberg Sergey Krimchansky Nagaraja Rao Wayne Winston Larry Flynn Larry McMillin George Robinson Tom Wrublewski Harold Goldberg Tony Miller Doug Ross Tom Kleespies NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION SATELLITE SERVICES BRANCH Federal Office Building 3 Room G 227 Suitland MD USA 20746 Telephone 301 457 5100 Fax 301 457 5105 Email ncdc satorder noaa gov This page left blank intentionally NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS btt a a db as ate eT ten xiii DISCLAIMER ceea aia ep a a dy E cure hee pesto xiii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS xiv AE op rM PM atis x XXVII EIS TOF FIGURES 5e ein datata ae een dis a de c ete ite XXXIV 1 0 INTRODUCTION TO THE NOAA KLM SYSTEM 1 1 1 1 1 THE NOAA KLM CONCEPT
31. PT Data Characteristics 8 3 4 Table 8 3 1 3 2 1 Format of LAC HRPT Data Set Header Record 8 3 5 Table 8 3 1 3 3 1 Format of packed LAC HRPT Data 8 3 18 Table 8 3 1 3 3 2 Format of unpacked channel selected LAC HRPT Datasets 8 3 30 Table 8 3 1 3 3 3 LAC HRPT 16 bit Extract Structure 8 3 36 Table 8 3 1 4 1 1 GAC Data Characteristics 8 3 42 Table 8 3 1 4 2 1 Format of GAC Data Set Header Record 8 3 43 XXiX NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table 8 3 1 4 3 1 Format of packed GAC Data Record 8 3 56 Table 8 3 1 4 3 2 Format of Unpacked Channel Selection GAC Data Record 8 3 68 Table 8 3 1 5 1 1 HIRS 3 Data Characteristics e sc a encre Perd DRS 8 3 80 Table 8 3 1 5 2 1 Format of HIRS 3 Data Set Header Record 8 3 81 Table 8 3 1 5 3 1 Format of HIRS 3 Data Record 8 3 95 Table 8 3 1 6 1 1 AMSU A Data Characteristics 8 3 117 Table 8 3 1 6 2 1 Format of AMSU A Data Set Header Record 8 3 118 Table 8 3 1 6 3 1 Format of AMSU A Data Record 8 3 146 Table 8 3 1 7 1 1 AMSU B Data Characteristics 8 3 161 Table 8 3 1 7 2 1 Format of AMS
32. TCS 1 2 26 1 2 9 POWER 5 5 1 2 27 2 0 NOAA POLAR SATELLITE NAVIGATION AND EARTH LOCATION 2 1 lii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 2 1 NAVIGATING THE POLAR SATELLITE 2 1 2 2 EARTH LOCATING THE POLAR SATELLITE DATA 2 2 2 3 NAVIGATION AND EARTH LOCATION PROCESSING WITHIN INN AA al oe beta S EL udine rA de 2 3 2 3 1 UPDATES TO THE TBUS BULLETIN 2 5 2 3 2 NAVIGATION DATA ON THE INTERNET 2 6 2 4 INTERPOLATING THE LEVEL 1b EARTH LOCATION DATA 2 10 2 4 1 METHOD ooo t fa d Pal oana det lu Se eg 2 10 2 4 2 RESUL IS Poul 2 13 2 4 3 LAGRANGIAN 2 18 2 4 4 LOCATION GAC SPOTS 2 19 3 0 DESCRIPTION OF THE NOAA KLM SENSOR PACKAGE 3 1 1 3 1 ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER 3 AVHRR 3 ek oU re Ae dot EU Ae 3 1 1 3 1 1 INSTRUMENT OPERATION 3 1 1 3 1 2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 Ge eral us af baz aula sasa deri ema acer o Qa a 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 Scanner Module 3 1 6 3 1 2 3 Electronics Mod le onset a bo ee at ee 3 1 7 3 1 2 4 Radiant Cooler Module 3 1 8 3 1 2 5 Optical Subsystem 3 1
33. THICKNESS PRODUCTS 9 8 1 AEROSOL DAILY SUMMARY FILE 9 8 1 9 8 1 1 File Structure Description 9 8 1 9 8 1 2 Directory Record Format 9 8 1 9 8 1 3 Data Record 9 8 1 AEROSOL WEEKLY 100 KM ANALYZED FIELD FILE 9 8 3 9 8 2 1 File Structure 9 8 3 9 8 2 2 Documentation Record Format 9 8 3 9 8 2 3 Data Record 9 8 7 AEROSOL MONTHLY MEAN FIELD FILE 9 8 10 9 8 3 1 File Structure Description 9 8 10 9 8 3 2 Header Record 9 8 11 9 8 3 3 Data Record 9 8 11 AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS 8 DAY OBSERVATION 456 dada 9 8 11 9 8 4 1 File Structure Description 9 8 12 9 8 4 2 Directory Record Format 9 8 12 9 8 4 3 Data Record 9 8 13 9 8 4 4 Satellite Aerosol SST Observation Format 9 8 15 AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS 100 KM ANALYZED FIELD ACCUMULATION FILE 9 8 18 9 8 5 1 File Structure Description 9 8 18 9 8 5 2 Directory Record Format 9 8 18 9 8 5 3 Data Record 9 8 19 SATELLITE ACTIVE ARCHIVE 5 9 9
34. U B Data Set Header Record 8 3 162 Table 8 3 1 7 3 1 Format of AMSU B Data 8 3 177 Table 8 3 1 8 2 1 Format of SEM 2 Data Set Header Record 8 3 187 Table 8 3 1 8 3 1 Format of SEM 2 Data 8 3 195 Table 9 1 1 Format of the SST Header Piles us EADEM VERE IRA 9 1 1 Table 9 1 1 1 1 Format of the Directory Record for any SST Field Accumulation File 9 1 5 Table 9 1 1 2 1 Format of the Field Documentation Record 9 1 6 Table 9 1 1 3 1 Format of the parameters in grid intersection 9 1 10 Table 9 1 1 3 2 Format of the Latitudinal Row 9 1 11 Table 9 1 2 1 Format of the Block Directory 9 1 13 Table 9 1 2 2 Format of Observation Data 9 1 14 Table 9 1 2 3 Format of the Eight Day SST Observation 9 1 15 Table 9 1 2 4 SST Observation Types 9 1 16 Table 9 1 2 5 SST Observation Source Codes 9 1 17 Table 9 1 3 1 Format of Monthly Mean Data Field 9 1 19 Table 9 2 1 1 General structure of the polar stereographic KLM Master Map cartridge 9 2 2 Table 9 2 1 2 Format of documentation record for p
35. VEEUTBIDATABASE ee ITUR rPURURR EE UR EPOR 8 0 1 vii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision 8 1 8 2 8 3 9 0 9 1 9 2 DATA REPRESENTATION AND STORAGE 8 1 1 LEVEL 1B DATA SET NAMES 8 2 1 DATA DISTRIBUTION FORMATS 8 3 1 8 3 1 LEVEL 1B NATIVE FORMAT AND SELECTIVE EXTRA 3S 8 3 1 1 Data Set Structure 8 3 1 8 3 1 2 Archive Retrieval System ARS Header Records ea iai A roze at ete Akt uda 8 3 2 8 3 1 3 LAC and HRPT Data Sets 8 3 4 8 3 1 3 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 4 8 3 1 3 2 Header Records 8 3 5 8 3 1 3 3 Data Records revo nie Pareto me 8 3 18 8 3 1 4 GAC Data Seis ia Pace ee uis 8 3 42 8 3 1 4 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 42 8 3 1 4 2 Header Records 8 3 43 8 3 1 4 3 Records te t da e dada ua pa 8 3 56 8 3 1 5 Data Sets ae sca 8 3 80 8 3 1 5 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 80 8 3 1 5 2 Header Records 8 3 81 8 3 1 5 3 Data Records ar atesta e tat aud PES 8 3 95 8 3 1 6 AMSU A Data Sets 8 3 117 8 3 1 6 1 Data Characteristics 8 3 117 8 3 1 6 2 Header Records 8 3 118 8 3 1 6 3 Records stash bindet ce det 8 3 146 8 3 1 7 AMSU B Data Sets
36. a Handling Subsystem Data Inputs 1 2 20 Table 1 2 6 2 NOAA KLM Data Handling Subsystem Data Outputs 1 2 21 Table 1 2 7 1 Ascent Early Orbit and Contingency RF Communications Link Characteristics SUITA MN E 1 2 25 Table 1 2 7 2 NOAA Operational Link Summary 1 2 25 Table 2 4 2 1 Errors for Linear Interpolation Between Adjacent Located AVHRR Points for 407 os NAVES EE Vu LESE a Ma qu 2 13 Table 2 4 2 2 Errors for Lagrangian Interpolation Between Three Adjacent Located AVHRR Points dt Latitude 405 e eg a pee Saw ae ESAE d 2 15 Table 2 4 2 3 Errors for Lagrangian Interpolation From Three Limbward Located AVHRR Points at Latitude 40 2 16 Table 2 4 2 4 Errors for Lagrangian Interpolation From Five Limbward Located AVHRR Points at Latttude 40 auis a uta Sea Sogo Aw ash des da Al na 2 17 Table 3 1 2 1 1 Summary of AVHRR 3 Spectral Channel Characteristics 3 1 2 Table 3 1 2 1 2 AVHRR 3 System Performance Characteristics 3 1 2 Table 3 1 2 1 3 AVHRR 3 visible channel gain and intercept characteristics 3 1 5 Table 3 2 1 1 HIRS 3 System 3 2 2 Table 3 2 1 2 HIRS 3 Spectral Characteristics 3 2 3 Table 3 2 2 1 1 HIRS 3 Sensor Te
37. aning of Variables in Table 4 1 4 3 1 4 1 26 Table 4 1 5 1 AIP Minor Frame Format sos ees rase b e dg 4 1 28 Table 4 2 2 1 APT Transmission Characteristics 4 2 1 Table 4 2 3 1 APT Linearization Algorithm sere b Ee ust cos be EE bat 4 2 4 Table 4 2 3 2 APT Parameters Vx Ia d dace XI UR 4 2 5 Table 4 3 2 1 DSB Transmission Characteristics 4 3 1 Table4 3 2 2 TIP Parameters antica ra Qa Grm lac c OO a 4 3 TIPP Orbit Mode dI RO na his lt SOAR und OE 4 3 2 Table 4 3 4 1 1 Digital Status 4 3 6 Table 4 3 4 1 2 Digital A Status Telemetry Element 63 Status Words 4 3 11 Table 4 3 4 2 1 SEM Digital A Telemetry Data Assignments 4 3 13 Table 4 3 4 2 2 MEPED Digital Data 4 3 16 Table 4 3 42 5 TED Digital A Data sss au ae dotes NR a Nee a RO ERR Rs 4 3 16 Table 4 3 4 3 1 1 SBUV 2 Data Format Discrete Modes 1 4 3 18 Table 4 3 4 3 1 2 SBUV 2 Data Format Discrete Mode Detailed Description 4 3 20 Table 4 3 4 3 1 3 SBUV 2 Data Format Discrete Mode Temperature Monitor Description 4 3 23 Table 4 3 4 3 1 4 SBUV 2 Data
38. ence Controls Power Converter Calibration Parameters Input Data Sets Calibration Start Pulse Control Unit Clockwise Digital Analog Data Acquisition And Control Subsystems Decryption Authentication Unit decibel decibels per milliwatt decibels referenced to a watt Direct Current Data Collection System 2 descending Data Handling Subsystem Digital B Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Department of Defense DCS SAR Processor Diplexer Data Processing and Services Subsystem Data Processing Unit Data Record xvi NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision DRU DSB DSN DTR EAA EBCDIC ECAL ECF EDR ELM ELT EMI EOF EPIRB ERBE ESA ESM ETSR EU EUMETSAT eV FGGE FIFO FM FNMOC Data Recovery Unit Direct Sounder Broadcast Digital Signal level N Data Transfer Rate Equal Areas Equal Aspect Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code Electronic Calibration Earth Centered Fixed coordinate system Environmental Data Record Electronics Module Emergency Locator Transmitters ElectroMagnetic Interference End of File Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon located by SARSAT Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Earth Sensor Assembly ElectroStatic Analyzers Equipment Support Module extraterrestrial solar spectral irradiance Electronic Unit Engineering Units European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites electron volts First GARP Global Experi
39. ented Aircraft Archive Retrieval System ascending American Standard Coded Information Interchange Available Solar Energy Available Solar Radiation XIV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision ATN ATOVS AVHRR 3 BCA BIP BM bps BRDF BRU BT BTX CAC CCR CCS CCR CCT CCW CD CDA CDEM CEMES CEMSCS CGMS Ch CIU Advanced TIROS N Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Version 3 Battery Charge Assembly Band Interleaved by Pixel Brouwer Mean bytes per second Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function Battery Reconditioning Unit Brightness Temperature Beacon Transmitter Celsius or Centigrade Climate Analysis Center Cloud Cover Radiometer Command and Control Subsystems Contractor Change Request Computer Compatible Tape counter clockwise Coefficient of Drag Command and Data Acquisition Continuous Dynode Electron Multiplier Centre d Etudes de la Meteorologie Spatiale France Central EnvironMental Satellite Computer System Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites Channel Control Interface Unit XV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision cm CMMD VER CNES CODATA CPC CPIDS CSP CU CW D A DACS DAU dB dBm dBW DC DCS 2 desc DHS DIGB DMSP DOD DPD DPSS DPU DR centimeter Command Verification Centre National D Etudes Spatiales France Committee on Data for Science and Technology International Council for Sci
40. ept albedo D 3 66 Table D 3 15 NOAA 17 AMSU PRT temperature conversion coefficients D 3 66 Table D 3 16 Measured Channel Characteristics for NOAA 17 AMSU A and AMSU B D 3 68 Table I 4 1 AVHRR Scan Calibration timing Nominal Orbit I 14 Table 4 2 TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder TOVS Instrument scan timing XXXIV NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Duramielers sotii a De gue DA dan d aia d qu A ad Dat 1 15 Table 1 4 3 TOVS Instrument scan line I 15 Table J 1 Satellite Scanning Instrument Parameters for TIROS N through NOAA 14 J 1 Table J 2 NOAA Satellite Scanning Instrument Parameters for NOAA KLM J 3 Table J 3 1 Synopsis of AMSU scan initiation and FOV information J 12 Table M 9 9 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 2 3 6 March 2001 M 1 Table M 9 8 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 2 2 4 December 2000 M 3 Table M 9 7 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 2 1 9 November 2000 M 5 Table 9 6 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 2 0 10 July 2000 M 6 Table M 9 5 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 1 9 4 May 2000 M 8 Table M 9 4 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 1 8 10 January 2000 M 10 Table M 9 3 AMSU B Bias Corrections for NOAA 15 Version 1 7 11 Nov 1
41. he NOAA 16 HIRS 301 thermal channels eats Spe eu tte BUM Ba D 2 4 Table D 2 7 NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 pre launch calibration coefficients albedo representation Vac ee ae Re utu sta eq Hod dp aer oc qus D 2 39 Table D 2 8 NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 Visible Channel Information D 2 39 Table D 2 9 NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 conversion coefficients D 2 40 Table D 2 10 NOAA 16 PRT Weighting Factors D 2 40 Table D 2 11 Summary of NOAA 16 AVHRR spectral response data as a function of wavenumber for each channel D 2 40 Table D 2 12 NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 thermal channel radiance to temperature coefficients e at Du Mod pu pecu aa a A aa e E ai i a aa a al D 2 48 Table D 2 13 NOAA 16 AVHRR 3 spectral response values for Channels 1 2 and 3A e fi Jia SEG A ae e A dt cama Rat Vale dia e EE RO ECRIRE D 2 52 Table D 2 14 NOAA 15 AVHRR 3 Spectral Response Values for Channels 3B 4 and 5 OR CRON n le a E t Petey P SG iat D 2 59 Table D 2 15 NOAA 16 Radiance of Space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction Shi ctos EUR IN EI ERN NI VR GEE SIE D 2 64 Table D 2 16 NOAA 16 AMSU PRT temperature conversion coefficients D 2 64 Table D 3 1 NOAA 17 PRT Weighting Factors D
42. ment First In First Out Frequency Modulation Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center NAVY Xvii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision FOV FTP FW FWHM GAC GARP GCMD GDO GHA GHz GMS GOES GTS GUI HIF HIRS 3 HRPT HTML HV HVPS ICE ICT IFC Field of View File Transfer Protocol Filter Wheel Full Width at Half Maximum Global Area Coverage Global Atmospheric Research Program Global Change Master Directory Gunn Diode Oscillator Greenwich Hour Angle GigaHertz Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Japan Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Global Telecommunications Service Graphical User Interface Historical Instrument File High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 3 High Resolution Picture Transmission Hyper Text Markup Language High Voltage High Voltage Power Supply Hertz Input Output Inductosyn Control Electronics Internal Cold Target Intermediate Frequency In Flight Calibration NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision IFOV IMP IMS IMU IPD IR IRR ITT A CD IWT K Ka kbps keV kg kHz km kpps KWBC LAC Ibs LED LIFO LOS Instantaneous Field of View Instrument Mounting Platform Ice Mapping System Inertial Measurement Unit inch Information Processing Division InfraRed InterRange Ratio International Telephone and Telegraph Aerospace Communications Division Internal Warm Target Joint Ice
43. mperature 3 2 5 Table 3 3 2 1 1 Channel Characteristics and Specifications of AMSU A 3 3 2 Table 3 3 2 2 1 The number of PRTs in each AMSU A module 3 3 3 Table 3 4 1 1 AMSU B Channel Characteristics based on actual instrument build and measured NEAT from thermal vacuum data 3 4 2 Table 3 4 2 4 1 AMSU B Systems Requirements Summary 3 4 6 Table 3 5 1 2 1 Particle types and energy intervals measured by the MEPED directional sensors va dfc uU eq m dos ret qur Mats pcg 3 5 3 Table 3 5 2 2 1 Proton telescope detection energy intervals 3 5 5 Table 3 5 2 2 2 Electron telescope detection energy intervals 3 5 5 Table 4 1 2 1 HRPT Transmission 15 4 1 2 Table 41 222 ARPT Parameters oia uS V ESO Pe PROS OS 4 2 Table 4 1 3 1 HRPT Minor Frame Format 28 hse Go ok 99 QNM HURTS T ERS 4 1 3 Table 4 1 4 1 1 AMSU AI Digital A Data Format Full Scan Mode 4 1 9 NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table 4 1 4 2 1 AMSU A2 Digital A Format Full Scan 4 1 13 Table 4 1 4 3 1 AMSU B Data ERES Van d eX RAM a a 4 1 18 Table 4 1 4 3 2 Me
44. nse Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channell D 3 21 Figure D 3 2 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channel 2 D 3 22 Figure D 3 3 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channel D 3 23 Figure D 3 4 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channel D 3 24 Figure D 3 5 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channel4 D 3 25 Figure D 3 6 Spectral Response Curve for NOAA 17 AVHRR 3 Channel 5 D 3 26 Figure 1 2 1 Inertial Coordinate System Showing Position Vectors of Satellite and Scan coa us de REN S 1 3 Figure 1 2 2 Arrangement of Instrument Mirror with Respect to the Position of the Spacecraft and th Bath a o n tae pw a oe Quse dS bote eae an a a a 1 4 Figure L2 3 The Scanner Direction as Measured in the PQS System I 5 Figure L2 4 Earth Centered Fixed Coordinate System I 9 Figure L2 5 Comparison of Geocentric and Geodetic Coordinates of Point L I 12 Figure J 1 1 Simulated Earth surface footprints of GAC and LAC data J 6 Figure J 1 2 AVHRR 3 signal position as a function of scan angle J 7 Figure J 2 1 Scan Angles for HIRS 3 instrument J 9 Figure J 2 2 Simulated Earth surface footprints for HIRS 3 and AMSU A detail half scan J 10 Figure J 2 3 Simulated Earth
45. ntation is accurate and reliable NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by inaccuracies in the NOAA KLM polar orbiter data or documentation or as a result of the failure of the data or software to function in a particular manner The software included in the appendices was developed by the U S Government and is not intended for sale The user should be aware that phone numbers fax numbers addresses and Internet Uniform Resource Locators URLs are subject to change and cannot be expected to remain constant NOAA makes no warranty expressed or implied nor does the fact of distribution constitute a warranty xiil NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision A D AC ACF ADACS ADE AELDS AFGWC AFSCN AFTN AGC AGS AIP AKM AM AMSAT AMSU AMSU A AMSU B APT ARIA ARS asc ASCII ASE ASR LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Analog Digital Alternating Current Albedo Correction Factor Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem Array Drive Electronics Advanced Earth Location Data System Air Force Global Weather Central Air Force Satellite Control Network Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network Automatic Gain Control Ascent Guidance Software AMSU Information Processor Apogee Kick Motor Amplitude Modulation Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B Automatic Picture Transmission Advanced Range Instrum
46. olar stereographic KLM Master Map ar rmm 9 2 3 Table 9 2 2 1 General structure of the Mercator KLM Master Map cartridge 9 2 7 Table 9 3 1 1 1 Description of the Primary Components 37 Day File PC37DF Header 9 3 1 Table 9 3 1 1 2 Format of Record 1 of a Hemisphere Pair in a Day Bin 9 3 5 Table 9 3 1 1 3 Format of Record 2 of a Hemisphere Pair of a Day Bin 9 3 6 Table 9 3 1 2 1 Format of Header Record for Monthly Seasonal Annual Mean Data 9 3 8 Table 9 3 1 2 2 Format of Monthly Mean Data Record 1 of a Hemisphere Pair 9 3 9 Table 9 3 1 2 3 Format of Monthly Mean Data Record 2 of a Hemisphere Pair 9 3 10 Table 9 3 1 3 1 Format of Seasonal Annual Mean Data Record 1 of a Hemisphere Pair 9 3 12 Table 9 3 1 3 2 Format of Seasonal Annual Mean Data Record 2 of a Hemisphere Pair 9 3 12 Table 9 4 1 1 1 Format of header record for ATOVS retrieval data file 9 4 2 Table 9 4 1 1 2 Format of ATOVS Retrieval Data Record 9 4 3 Table 9 4 1 1 3 Geographical Bins for ATOVS 9 4 9 Table 9 4 1 2 1 Format of Metadata Archive Header 9 4 11 Table 9 4 1 2 2 Format of Data Record 1 of Metadata archive file 9 4 11 Table 9 4 1 2 3 Format of Data Record 2 of Metadata archive file
47. perature National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Services Northern Hemisphere National Ice Center National Institute of Standards and Technology nanometers National Meteorological Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Satellite Information System National Oceanographic Data Center National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center North American Air Defense Command currently USSC Non return to zero level Non return to zero National Weather Service Orbital Interest Group Outgoing Longwave Radiation NOAA KLM Users Guide 2002 Revision OOPS ORA OSDPD OT PACS PC37DF PCB PDPS PEU PH37DF PHD PLLO PM PMF PMT PMW PN POES Pps PROM PRT PSB PSE PSG PSU PWR Operational Ozone Product System Office of Research and Applications NOAA NESDIS Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution NOAA NESDIS Optical Thickness Polar Acquisition and Control Subsystem Primary Component 37 Day File Printed Circuit Board Polar Data Processing System Processing Electronics Unit Primary Histogram 37 Day File Pulse Height Discriminators phase locked loop oscillators Phase Modulated Product Master File Photo Multiplier Tube Position Mode Wavelength pseudo noise Polar orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites pulses per second Programmable Read Only Memory Platinum Resistance Thermometers Product Systems Branch Power Suppl
48. radiance Data Record 9 7 66 Table 9 7 3 4 11 Current Albedo Correction Data Record 9 7 66 Table 9 7 4 1 OOPS Standard Header Record 9 7 67 Table 9 7 4 2 OOPS Standard Header Record 9 7 68 Table 9 8 1 2 1 Aerosol Daily Summary Directory Record Format 9 8 1 Table 9 8 1 3 1 Aerosol daily summary file documentation record format 9 8 2 xxxii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision Table 9 8 2 2 1 Documentation record format Aerosol Weekly 100 km field file 9 8 3 Table 9 8 2 3 1 Format of grid intersection in data record 9 8 8 Table 9 8 2 3 2 Row Identification Information 9 8 10 Table 9 8 3 2 1 Header Record 1 9 8 11 Table 9 8 3 3 1 Grid intersection format 9 8 11 Table 9 8 4 2 1 Format of Directory Record 9 8 13 Table 9 8 4 3 1 Data Record Potato eee a de e A a Be 9 8 13 Table 9 8 4 4 1 Satellite Aerosol SST Observation Format 9 8 15 Table 9 8 4 4 2 Aerosol SST Observation Type 9 8 17 Table 9 8 4 4 3 Aerosol SST Observation Source Codes 9 8 17 Table 9 8 5 2 1 Directory Record Format 522
49. ration 7 1 2 7 1 1 2 Post launch 7 1 5 7 1 2 THERMAL INFRARED CHANNELS CHANNELS 3B 4 AND DEEE E E E E E EESE 7 1 5 7 1 2 1 Pre launch Calibration 7 1 5 7 1 2 2 Spectral Radiance as a Function of Temperature 7 1 6 7 1 2 3 Channels 4 and 5 Nonlinear Radiance Correction 7 1 7 7 1 2 3 1 Level 1b data 7 1 8 7 1 2 3 2 HRPT data users 7 1 8 Jd d Rannel 52 ad re ae 7 1 10 HIRS O sn e Posto Cat Powe anes 7 2 1 AMSU A AND AMSU B 7 3 1 7 3 1 BLACKBODY TEMPERATURE 7 3 2 7 3 2 CALIBRATION COUNTS e De be ee dia 7 3 3 7 3 3 EARTH VIEW RADIANCES 7 3 4 7 3 4 POST LAUNCH CALIBRATION AND EVALUATION 7 3 6 S Ee M datur Rara 7 4 1 ttt Oba t Spa dt 7 5 1 7 51 2 2 ad 7 5 1 7 5 1 1 TED Particle Calibration 7 5 1 7 5 1 2 TED In Flight Calibration 7 5 2 7 5 2 MEPED CALIBRATION 7 5 3 7 5 2 1 MEPED Particle Calibration 7 5 3 7 5 2 2 MEPED In Flight Calibration 7 5 4 LE
50. t Vector Control volt Vandenberg Air Force Base Western Range Voltage Controlled Oscillator volts DC Very High Frequency Very High Resolution Radiometer visible Vacuum Photo Diode VHF real time antenna Variable block Span IBM Vacuum Test Fixture VHF real time transmitter watts Weather Facsimile from meteorological satellites Wavelength Calibration World Meteorological Organization Western Range World Wide Web Expendable BathyThermograph xxvi NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision XSU Cross Strap Unit xxvii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision LIST OF TABLES Table 1 2 1 Mission Characteristics e a pe ata a pe alea Ray Oe pt See Papa 1 2 1 Table 1 2 1 1 NOAA KLM Physical Characteristics 1 2 6 Table 1 2 1 3 1 Government furnished Satellite Equipment List 1 2 7 Table 1 2 2 1 1 AVHRR 3 Channels eec addo ine sans isst ai 1 2 8 Table 1 2 2 3 1 SBUV 2 Spectral Characteristics Discrete Mode 1 2 10 Table 1 2 2 4 1 SEM 2 1 2 10 Table 1 2 2 5 1 SARSAT Subsystem 5 1 2 11 Table 1 2 2 6 1 DCS 2 System 5 1 2 14 Table 1 2 5 1 APT Line Characteristics NOAA KLM Satellites 1 2 20 Table 1 2 6 1 NOAA KLM Dat
51. y Electronics Polar Stereographic Power Supply Unit Power xxil NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision QC RAOB RBPGS RCE RCS SAD SAR SARP 2 SARR Quality Control Random Access Memory radiosonde observation Radiation Budget Product Generation System Reaction Control Equipment Reaction Control System Reference Radio Frequency Radio Frequency Interference root mean square Read Only Memory revolutions per minute Receiving and Power Unit Reaction Support Structure Revised TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Radio Teletype Reaction Wheel Assemblies Read Write Memory spacecraft Signal to noise ratio Solar Array Satellite Active Archive Solar Azimuth Angle Solar Array Drive Search And Rescue Search and Rescue Processor Search and Rescue Repeater xxiii NOAA KLM Users Guide Nov 2002 Revision SARSAT SATCU SBA SBUV 2 SCF SDEV SDR SEA sec SEC SEM 2 SGP4 SH SLA SM SMSO SOA SOCC SPN SPU sr SRA SSB SSBUV SSD SSM T2 Search And Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking Solar Array Telemetry Commutator Unit Spin Bearing Assembly Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Version 2 Satellite Control Facility USAF Standard deviation Sensor Data Record Solar Elevation Angle second Space Environment Center Space Environment Monitor Version 2 Simplified General Perturbation Southern Hemisphere Search and Rescue L Band Antenna Sensor Module Sweep Mode Solar Observations S Band Omni Antenna

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