gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD > Satellite Services Division, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19841212 Suitland, MD DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD > Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/OZONE/OZONE.html http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/notices/notices.html http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http browser CLASS: SBUV Products Information about products derived from Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 sensor archived at CLASS. information http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/OZONE/OZONE.html http browser Information Processing Division: Ozone Products Information about ozone products derived from the SBUV/2 instrument. information http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http browser CLASS: SBUV Products Search for products derived from Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 (SBUV/2) archived at CLASS. search http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/notices/notices.html http Level 1B Notices This webpage has real-time and historical notices regarding the 1B processing. The Pre-Product Processing (PPP) produces the Polar Level 1B orbital products for the instruments on the POES spacecrafts. Instrument data is ingested, calibrated and Earth location data is applied to produce the 1B data set. information gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B The Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 (SBUV/2) is an operational remote sensor designed to map, on a global scale, total ozone concentrations and the vertical distribution of ozone in the earth's atmosphere. The 1b Capture Data Set contains (1) all SBUV/2 sensor data and support data necessary for the derivation of atmospheric ozone and solar flux; (2) instrument in-flight calibration data and housekeeping functions for monitoring post-launch instrument changes; and (3) prelaunch calibration factors, and computed current-day instrument calibration and albedo correction factors to adjust the ozone algorithm for actual instrument performance. For ozone research users. Knowledge of the temporal and spatial distribution of atmospheric ozone is important since ozone strongly absorbs solar ultraviolet energy and prevents this harmful radiation from reaching the earth's surface. Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.) Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.) Winston, Wayne (ed.) 200009 revision Asheville, NC DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec97-4.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec97-4.htm http browser NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 9.7.4, Data Dictionary (for SBUV/2) Data dictionary for SBUV/2 terminology. information Kidwell, Katherine B. (comp. and ed.) 199811 revision Suitland, MD DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/SSB > Satellite Services Branch, NCDC, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/podug/html/c4/sec4-4.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/podug/html/c4/sec4-4.htm http browser NOAA Polar Orbiter Data User's Guide, Section 4.4, SBUV/2 Data Describes instrument and data characteristics of the Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet system/Version 2 (SBUV/2). information Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.) Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.) Winston, Wayne (ed.) 200009 revision Asheville, NC DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec97-1.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec97-1.htm http browser NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 9.7.1, 1b Data Set (SBUV/2) Information about the 1B dataset from SBUV/2. information DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19970301 Revision 3 Suitland, MD DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Prepared by SASC Technologies Inc. as part of NOAA Contract NA-83-SAC-00063. A large portion of the Users Guide is available online at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec9-7.htm. For a complete copy of the document, contact Donna McNamara. Implementation of the SBUV/2 system on the NOAA spacecraft is in response to Public Law 95-95, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, which calls for the establishment by NOAA of a continuing program of research and monitoring of the stratosphere for the purpose of early detection of stratosphere changes and the climatic effects of such changes. Dates of data availability: NOAA-9 data available Dec 1984 - Feb 1998, NOAA-11 data available Sep 1988 - May 2004, NOAA-14 data available Dec 1994 to present, NOAA-16 data available Sep 2000 - present, NOAA-17 data available Jul 2002 - present. NOAA-18 data available Aug 2005 - May 2008 19841212 Present upon processing In work Daily -180 180 90 -90 Level 1b plus additional calibration information Standards Working Group, Federal Geographic Data Committee 20021009 FGDC-STD-012-2002 590 National Center Reston, VA 20192 Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat c/o U.S. Geological Survey http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf http PDF Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002 The purpose of this standard is to provide extensions to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata for describing geospatial data obtained from remote sensing. information ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > Ozone EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Solar Irradiance None Total Ozone Profile Ozone NASA/GCMD Instrument Keywords SBUV/2 > Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 NASA/GCMD Location Keywords Geographic Region > Global POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9 NOAA-9 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 NOAA-11 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14 NOAA-14 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16 NOAA-16 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17 NOAA-17 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 NOAA-18 Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer Version 2 SBUV/2 12 1 252.00 nm 2 273.61 nm 3 283.10 nm 4 287.70 nm 5 292.29 nm 6 297.59 nm 7 301.97 nm 8 305.87 nm 9 312.57 nm 10 217.56 nm 11 331.26 nm 12 339.89 nm Cloud Cover Radiometrics 379.00 nm None Please reference NOAA/NESDIS if you use this data in publication. 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Camp Springs MD 20746 USA (301) 763-8142 x145 (301) 899-9196 Donna.McNamara@noaa.gov http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/OZONE/TOAST/images/Newest/sbuv.png Most recent image of global SBUV/2 analysis. PNG David Benner, Chief of Satellite Services Division. Phone: (301) 763-8131. gov.noaa.class:SBUV gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B gov.noaa.class:SBUVPMF Processing Level SBUV/2 Sensor TBD The SBUV/2 instrument can only measure ozone during daylight hours. In addition, there are times when various SBUV/2 instruments are put into special modes of data collection that prevent the retrieval of total and profile ozone. SBUV/2 data is collected in 32 sec major frames. In discrete mode, the mode used for retrieval of total and profile ozone, a set of 12 measurements (1 for each discrete wavelength band) is taken every 32 seconds. Latitude and longitude values are provided in the data record at the beginning and end of each 32 second major frame. The instrument manufacturer (Ball) data books typically list SBUV/2 pointing errors from laboratory measurements of approximately 0.15 degrees in the X-direction, and 0.05 degrees or less in the Y-direction. This represents ~2 km or less at the surface. Uncertainties in satellite orientation and/or timing will add to this value. Since SBUV/2 is a nadir-viewing instrument, it provides no inherent information about altitude, and therefore no estimate of vertical accuracy can be made. The vertical resolution is related to the nature of the retrieval algorithm. It is estimated that vertical resolution is at best about 6 km for a BUV type algorithm. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material SBUV_RAW raw satellite data Unknown ground condition SBUV_RAW Sensor data, in-flight calibration and housekeeping data. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material EPHEMERIS_DATA digital file Unknown upon processing EPHEMERIS_DATA Satellite's position and velocity vectors at constant time intervals. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material TOVS_METEORLOGICAL digital file Unknown upon processing TOVS_METEOROLOGICAL Temperature profiles, cloud amounts and cloud top temperatures. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material CALIBRATION_COEF digital file Unknown upon processing CALIBRATION_COEF SBUV/2 specific radiance and irradiance counts to engineering units conversion constants. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material SURFACE_PRESSURE digital file Unknown upon processing SURFACE_PRESSURE Global grid of surface pressures derived from NMC terrain height data set. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unpublished material ANCILLARY_SBUV digital files Unknown upon processing ANCILLARY_SBUV Constants required to initialize the ozone algorithm DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD > Satellite Services Division, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 19841212 Suitland, MD DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD > Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/OZONE/OZONE.html http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/notices/notices.html http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http browser CLASS: SBUV Products Information about products derived from Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 sensor archived at CLASS. information http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/OZONE/OZONE.html http browser Information Processing Division: Ozone Products Information about ozone products derived from the SBUV/2 instrument. information http://www.class.noaa.gov/nsaa/products/search?sub_id=0&datatype_family=SBUV http browser CLASS: SBUV Products Search for products derived from Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer-2 (SBUV/2) archived at CLASS. search http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/PPP/notices/notices.html http Level 1B Notices This webpage has real-time and historical notices regarding the 1B processing. The Pre-Product Processing (PPP) produces the Polar Level 1B orbital products for the instruments on the POES spacecrafts. Instrument data is ingested, calibrated and Earth location data is applied to produce the 1B data set. information gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B digital 19841212 Present ground condition gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B The resulting SBUV/2 1B Capture Datasets. Data is processed from the SBUV/2 instrument in near real-time in the Operational Ozone Product System (OOPS). Raw data and ozone products are generated for the archive. Six sources of data are used, the first three being dependent on satellite and instrument operation and therefore continually changing; and the next 3 being relatively fixed sets of reference data, changing only due to new scientific knowledge or to correct errors: SBUV/2 Raw TIP data and TOVS meteorological data are each captured about 14 times a day, with typically one orbit's worth of data being captured and stored. Once a day, a Daily 1B Data Set is produced containing all available data for the previous calendar day. SBUV_RAW EPHEMERIS_DATA TOVS_METEOROLOGICAL CALIBRATION_COEF SURFACE_PRESSURE ANCILLARY_SBUV Not complete gov.noaa.class:SBUV1B DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD > Satellite Services Division, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Donna McNamara Ozone Product Area Lead physical

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Camp Springs MD 20746 USA (301) 763-8142 x145 (301) 899-9196 Donna.McNamara@noaa.gov Raster 11.3 11.3 Decimal degrees SBUV/2 Orbit Frame Each SBUV/2 orbit begins when the center of the SBUV/2 instrument field of view (FOV) transits the equator on the dark viewing side of the Earth and continues through one satellite revolution about the Earth. Earth location data is used to ascertain equator crossing but is only given for the start time of each TIP major frame's (32 seconds) worth of data. Thus, the SBUV/2 orbital designation of each TIP major frame's worth of information is based on the earth location at the start of each major frame. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer Version 2 (SBUV/2) User's Guide Raw SBUV/2 Data The SBUV/2 sensor data consists of radiance and irradiance measurements taken in both the discrete mode (12 wavelengths) and the sweep mode (1680 wavelengths) at approximately 2 Angstrom intervals. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer Version 2 (SBUV/2) User's Guide Consists of radiance and irradiance measurements taken in both the discrete mode (12 wavelengths) and the sweep mode (1680 wavelengths) at approximately 2 Angstrom intervals. All SBUV/2 data are preserved as raw counts on the 1b data set. Cloud and temperature data from TOVS The total ozone algorithm requires cloud information primarily to estimate the ozone hidden from the satellite sensor below the clouds. Meteorological data is provided to the SBUV/2 1b Data Set from the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) carried aboard the same satellite as the SBUV/2 instrument. Meteorological data is collected only when the instrument is in the discrete mode (normal mode for ozone determination), the position mode (rarely if ever used), and wavelength calibration mode. These three modes have in common the same record format, i.e. the discrete data record. As the ancillary data is not time dependent, this data will be written once for each Daily 1b data set. It is not saved for sweep mode data. Cloud and temperature information is only stored if there is a good working HIRS instrument on the same instrument as the SBUV/2. If not, these fields are missing. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer Version 2 (SBUV/2) User's Guide Cloud Amounts Cloud amounts are provided on a spot by spot basis. The current operational TOVS processing system provides SBUV/2 with cloud data for boxes which are adjacent to nadir. Miniboxes are constructed by selection of the appropriate spots in a box. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec971-2.htm Cloud Top Temperatures Cloud top temperatures are provided on a spot by spot basis. The current operational TOVS processing system provides SBUV/2 with cloud data for boxes which are adjacent to nadir. Miniboxes are constructed by selection of the appropriate spots in a box. Cloud top pressures (analogous to cloud top height) are computed for each spot by linear interpolation of the cloud top temperature between adjacent levels in the temperature profile. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec971-2.htm Vertical Profiles of Atmospheric Temperatures The vertical temperature profiles are given for up to forty specified pressure levels ranging from 1000 mb (or surface level) to 0.1 mb. These profiles represent one "box" in the current operational TOVS processing system (formerly a "box" in the old TOVS processing system). A "minibox" consists of 63 HIRS/2 fields of view (called spots) from 7 HIRS/2 scan lines (a "box" consisted of 9 spots from 3 scan lines). Certain quality checks are made during TOVS processing to assure the reasonableness of the temperature profiles. If any of these checks indicate a bad sounding, the profile is rejected during the SBUV/2 processing and replaced with fill values. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec971-2.htm Surface Pressure Data Terrain heights in kilometers (km) were converted to millibars (mb). The entire globe is divided into 2.5 x 2.5 degree latitude and longitude cells with terrain pressure given for each cell. A total of 10,585 values are given. A two-dimensional interpolation procedure using the four closest grid points is used to find the value of terrain pressure at the start of each major frame. Surface pressure is supplied for discrete mode data only. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer Version 2 (SBUV/2) User's Guide Units of Measurement: Millibars. Range is TBD. Ancillary Dataset Data required to initialize the ozone algorithm. Contains the thirteen SBUV/2 bandcenter wavelengths, their associated ozone absorption and Rayleigh scattering coefficients, total ozone and multiple scattering correction lookup tables, and the a priori profiling information. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec971-2.htm The Multiple Scattering Coefficients data records contain 1700 values (10 solar zenith Angles, 23 standard ozone profiles, five wavelengths and two surface pressures) of Log Q, 1700 values of Log Q (single scattered), 1700 values of reflected fraction and 170 values (for 23 standard ozone profiles, five wavelengths and two surface pressures) of atmospheric-surface backscatter fraction). The Total Ozone Tables data records contain 1700 values of Log I0, 1700 values of reflected fraction, and 170 values of atmospheric-surface backscatter fraction. The A-Priori Profile Information data records will contain 180 values of a priori profile coefficients and 144 values for the a priori covariance matrix elements. Instrument Calibration and Albedo Correction Data Contains four sets of values: Prelaunch radiance and irradiance calibrations, Day 1 solar irradiance calibrations, Monochromator inter-range ratios, Albedo Correction Factors. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer (SBUV/2) User's Guide Three sets of prelaunch calibration values are required: i) Radiance calibrations - count to W/cm3 conversion constants. ii) Irradiance calibrations - count to W/cm3/sr conversion constants. iii) Prelaunch diffuser check flux ratios. The radiance and irradiance calibrations each consist of 37 constants: one value for the CCR at 3786.2 Angstroms and 12 values for each of the three monochromator gain ranges at the 12 discrete wavelengths. The ratios of the radiance and irradiance calibrations are used in the computation of I/F ratios in the ozone computation. The prelaunch flux ratios will be used to perform the diffuser calibration in the instrument support subsystem. There will be one ratio for each mercury line chosen which is to be specified. The monochromator interrange ratios and albedo correction factors are derived from the previous N (to be specified) day's instrument outputs for the current day 1b and ozone processing. There are two interrange ratios for the monochromator, one between gain ranges 1 and 2 (IRR21) and one between gain ranges 2 and 3 (IRR32).The albedo corrections account for solar flux and instrument changes and are used to adjust the I/F ratios in the ozone processing; there are 13 values for a day, one for the CCR wavelength (3786.2 Angstroms) and twelve for the monochromator discrete wavelengths. Instrument Status and Quality Flags A comprehensive set of flags that provide instrument status and data quality information. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer (SBUV/2) User's Guide Table in KLM User's Guide summarizes the types of flags, where in the processing system they are set and what ranges of data they cover. Earth Location Data For the start time of each TIP Major Frame (every 32 seconds), using as input the ephemeris data from GTDS, Earth location parameters are derived. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer (SBUV/2) User's Guide The following earth location parameters are derived: Subsatellite Latitude, Subsatellite Longitude, FOV Latitude, FOV Longitude, Solar Zenith Angle at FOV, Solar Azimuth Angle at FOV, Solar Right Ascension, Solar Declination, Spacecraft-centered Solar Elevation Angle, Spacecraft-centered Solar Azimuth Angle, and Altitude of Satellite. Fill Value on the 1b Data Set Indicates that the original data in the input data stream was missing. Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer (SBUV/2) User's Guide The only record types which contain fill values in the Daily Data Records files of the 1b Data Set are the Discrete and Sweep Data Records. Table 9.7.1.2.9-1. from KLM User's Guide describes the fill values on data records. DOC/NOAA/CLASS > Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce mailing and physical

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Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA (303) 497-5099 (303) 497-6513 Anna.Milan@noaa.gov 9:00 - 5:00 Mountain Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata FGDC-STD-012-2002 http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata POES > Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites The polar orbiting satellites are able to collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land, ocean and atmospheric applications. Data from the POES series supports a broad range of environmental monitoring applications including weather analysis and forecasting, climate research and prediction, global sea surface temperature measurements, atmospheric soundings of temperature and humidity, ocean dynamics research, volcanic eruption monitoring, forest fire detection, global vegetation analysis, search and rescue, and many other applications. 19781013 TIROS-N launched. Instruments: AVHRR and TOVS. 19781013 TIROS-N began operations 19781019 TIROS-N ended operations 19800130 NOAA-6 launched. 19790627 NOAA-6 ended operations 19861116 NOAA-7 launched 19810623 NOAA 7 began operations 19810819 NOAA-7 ended operations 19860607 NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) launched. 19830328 NOAA-8 began operations 19830620 NOAA-8 ended operations 19851031 NOAA-9 (NOAA-F) launched. 19841212 NOAA-9 began operations 19850225 NOAA-9 ended operations 19881107 NOAA-10 (NOAA-G) launched. 19860917 NOAA-10 began operations 19861117 NOAA-10 ended operations 19910916 NOAA-11 (NOAA-H) launched. 19880924 NOAA-11 began operations 19881108 NOAA-11 ended operations 19950411 NOAA-12 (NOAA-D) launched and began operations. Instruments: AVHRR/2, DCS/2, HIRS/2, MSU, SEM (POES)/2. 19910514 NOAA-12 ended operations. 19981214 NOAA-12 decommissioned. 20070810 NOAA-13 (NOAA-I) launched and began operations. 19930809 NOAA-13 ended operations. 19930821 NOAA-14 (NOAA-J) launched. Instruments: AVHRR/2, DCS/2, HIRS/2, MSU, SARSAT, SBUV/2, SEM/1 and SSU. 19941230 NOAA-14 began operations. 19950411 NOAA-14 decommissioned. 20070523 NOAA-15 (NOAA-K) launched. Instruments: AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B, AVHRR/3, DCS/2, HIRS/3, SARSAT and SEM/2. 19980513 NOAA-15 began operations. 19981215 NOAA-16 (NOAA-L) launched. Instruments: AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B, AVHRR/3, HIRS/3, SARSAT, SBUV/2 and SEM/2. 20000921 NOAA-16 began operations. 20010320 NOAA-17 (NOAA-M) launched. Instruments: AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B, AVHRR/3, DCS/2, HIRS/3, SARSAT, SBUV/2 and SEM/2. 20020624 NOAA-17 began operations. 20021015 NOAA-18 (NOAA-N) launched. Instruments: AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AVHRR/3, DCS/2, HIRS/4, MHS, SARSAT, SBUV/2 and SEM/2. 20050520 NOAA-18 began operations. 20050830 METOP-A launched. Instruments: A-DCS, AMSU-A, ASCAT, AVHRR/3, GOME-2, GRAS, HIRS/4, IASI, MHS, SARP-3, SARR and SEM-2. 20061019 METOP-A operational. 20070521 NOAA-9 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9 19850225 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA-9 (F) - Launched: December 12, 1984. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2, ERBE, SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational dates: February 25, 1985 to November 7, 1988. NOAA-9 was the second operational satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (166" long by 74" high) and powered by a 191" by 94" solar array. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2000 pounds. NOAA-9 was placed in a near circular, (470nm) polar orbit. The APT and HRPT capabilities still exist with this satellite. 19870112 10233000 minutes 102.1 .0015104 degrees 99.0283 336.9318 287.8319 Unknown NOAA-11 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 19881108 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA-11 (H) - Launch: September 24, 1988. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2 SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: November 8, 1988-April 11, 1995. NOAA-11 was placed in a near circular, (470nm) polar orbit. It was the fourth operational satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped (166" long by 74" high) and powered by a 191" by 94" solar array. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2000 pounds. 19910102 02405700 minutes 102.0 .0013020 degrees 99.0102 99.0102 83.9104 Unknown NOAA-14 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14 19950411 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA-14 (J) - Launch: December 30, 1994. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2 SEM, SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: April 11, 1995 to October 07, 2002. Operational Status: decommissioned on May 23, 2007. NOAA-14 was placed in a near circular, (470nm) polar orbit. It is the sixth operational satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series and replaced NOAA-11. The spacecraft was rectangular shaped and powered by a 191" by 94"solar array. The satellite was Earth oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2200 pounds. 19970411 14482600 minutes 102.0 .0010296 degrees 98.9833 52.7758 115.5350 Unknown NOAA-16 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16 20010320 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA-16 (L) - Launched: September 21, 2000. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SBUV/2, SEM/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2) and DCS/2. Operational Dates: March 20, 2001 to Present. Operational Status: PM Secondary. 20030229 184107 minutes 102.0 .0009830 degrees 98.9025 8.9793 277.2505 Unknown NOAA-17 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17 20021015 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA-17 (M) - Launched: June 24, 2002. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SBUV/2, SEM/2, SARSAT, DCS/2. Operational Status: AM backup. 20030122 220747 minutes 101.2 .0012659 degrees 98.7612 94.2672 75.2605 Unknown NOAA-18 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 20050830 NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites NASA > National Aeronautics and Space Administration IJPS > Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System NOAA-18 (N) - Launch: May 20, 2005. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/4, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, MHS), SBUV/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2) and DCS/2. Operational Dates: August 30, 2005 to Present. Operational Status: PM Primary. NOAA-18 marks the beginning of the NOAA and European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) agreement. 20050607 11424400 minutes 102.1 .0014061 degrees 98.7438 105.7522 199.3746 Unknown SBUV/2 > Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 imager (scanning monochromator) and sounder (a cloud cover radiometer) Discrete mode, sweep mode or diffuser plate mode. nonspatial scanning The SBUV/2 is a nadir pointing nonspatial scanning instrument sensitive to radiation in the 160 nm to 400 nm ultraviolet spectrum. The SBUV/2 instruments on the TIROS-N satellites are designed to measure the total ozone in a vertical column beneath the satellite and its distribution with height in the atmosphere. The SBUV/2 contains a scanning double monochromator and a cloud cover radiometer (CCR) designed to measure ultraviolet (UV) spectral intensities. In its primary mode of operation, the monochromator measures solar radiation backscatter by the atmosphere in 12 discrete wavelength bands in the near-UV, ranging from 252.0 to 339.8 nm, each with a bandpass of 1.1 nm. The total-ozone algorithm uses the four longest wavelength bands (312.5, 317.5, 331.1, and 339.8 nm), whereas the profiling algorithm uses the shorter wavelengths. The cloud cover radiometer operates at 379 nm (i.e. outside the ozone absorption band) with a 3.0-nm bandpass and was designed to measure the reflectivity of the surface in the instantaneous field of view (IFOV). The SBUV/2 also makes periodic measurements of the solar flux by deploying a diffuser plate into the field of view (FOV) to reflect sunlight into the instrument. The monochromator and the cloud cover radiometer are mounted so that they look in the nadir direction with coincident nominal FOV's of 11.3 by 11.3 degrees. As the satellite moves in a Sun-synchronous orbit, the FOV traces 160-km wide paths on the ground. The earth rotates approximately 26 degrees during each orbit. The satellite footprint moves at a speed of about 6 km/sec. In discrete mode a set of 12 measurements, 1 for each discrete wavelength band, is taken every 32 seconds. The order of measurements is 252.0 to 339.8 and the integration time is 1.25 seconds per measurement. For each monochromator measurement there is a cloud cover radiometer measurement. Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.) Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.) Winston, Wayne (ed.) 200009 revision Asheville, NC DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-8.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-8.htm http browser NOAA KLM User's Guide, Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer (SBUV/2), Section 3.8 Describes SBUV/2 instrument. information Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.) Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.) Winston, Wayne (ed.) 200009 revision Asheville, NC DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c7/sec7-4.htm http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c7/sec7-4.htm http browser NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 7.4, SBUV/2 An overview of SBUV/2 calibration. information