Documentation Files

A detailed archive catalog is updated automatically when data are received.
(This catalog does not yet represent the NGDC processed data.)

Users of these data and software are strongly advised to visit the Important Notices page.

April 2013: NGDC began a new era of POES processing, these documents describe those data:

• External_Users_Manual_POES_MetOp_SEM-2_processing_V1.pdf
• MEPED telescope processing ATBD_V1.pdf
• MEPED_OMNI_processing ATBD_V1.pdf
• TED processing ATBD_V1.pdf

November 1978 - December 2012: SWPC processed data documentation:

• SEM-1 Documentation for TIROS-N through NOAA-14, (version 1.0 January 1985, 2.0 MB pdf ).
• SEM-1 Documentation for TIROS-N through NOAA-14, (1995 update, 13.0 MB pdf ).
• SEM-2 Documentation for NOAA-15 and later satellites:SEM2v2.0.doc, rev 2006
  Figure F.1
  Figure 2.1.1
  Figure 3.2.1
  Figure 3.3.1
  Figure 3.4.1
  Figure 3.4.2
  Appendix A : Archive record description.
  Appendix B : Conversion table for MEPED and TED counts.
  Appendix C : TED Sensor Data Grouped by Unit Serial Number, rev 2006.
  Appendix D : C Language Program to Read an Archive Record.
  Appendix E : FORTRAN Language Program To Read an Archive Record, rev 2009.
  Appendix F : Procedures to recover energetic proton number fluxes from the Omni directional detector responses, rev 2006.
  Appendix G: Processing Problems, Instrument Problems, Updated Information, rev 2007.
  Errata for SEM2 Documentation : rev 2006.
• NOAA-KLM User's Guide with N' Supplement.
• January 7, 2002 -- Status report for NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, & NOAA-16
• February 11, 2003 -- Status report for NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, & NOAA-17
• January 8, 2004 -- Status report for NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, & NOAA-17
• January 5, 2005 -- Status report for NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, & NOAA-17
• July 17, 2006 -- NOAA-18 reprocessing.
• January 10, 2008 -- Status report for NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18 & MetOp-02
• Column descriptions for the 16s averages in ASCII files.

Software (C & IDL) for decoding SEM-1 binary archive files.
Software (C & Fortran) for decoding SEM-2 binary archive files.

The NORAD orbital elements for NOAA and TIROS- N satellites are available from CelestraK.

JGR2010_Use_of_POES_SEM-2_observations_to_examine_radiation_belt.pdf

JGR2010_Origin_of_energetic_electron_precipitation_30_keV.pdf,
Appendix A: Removing Proton Contamination From the POES MEPED Electron Measurements.

J.B.Blake and W.A.Kolasinski, Aerospace Corporation -- Preliminary Evaluation of HEPAD Performance
This document discusses data from TIROS-N and NOAA-6 and isn't dated.

NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL SEL-75, The TIROS-N / NOAA A-J Space Environment Monitor Subsystem, R.A. Seale and R.H. Bushnell, April 1987, Part I, Part II

Leap Calendar

Static displays of NOAA data created for various projects:

• NOAA-11 anomalies plotted on a background of NOAA-10 electron fluxes. (GIF)
• Stack plots showing the NOAA-12 > .3 MeV electrons at L4.5 - L4.8 and GOES-8 > 2 MeV electrons at L6.6. These plots show the affect of smoothing on the NOAA-12 data, an algorithm for detecting NOAA-12 event start and peak times, and an exponential decay model for those events. (PDF, 12/23/98)

• Jan 1997
• Jan - Mar 1997
• Jan - Jun 1997
• Jul - Dec 1997