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NOAA-15
NOAA-K (Morning)
Launched in:
1998
Repeat cycle:
11 days
Orbit height:
833 km
Orbit type:
near polar - sun synchronous
Organisation:
NOAA
Launched 13 May 1998
NOAA-15 websites
Information
NOAA Home page
NOAA - KLM Users Guide (36.5 MB)
NOAA KLM Users Guide (in pieces)
NASA Goddard - POES site
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
Data ordering
NOAA CLASS
Alaska Satellite Facility
NOAA CLASS - AVHRR data
NOAA - Data Access by Satellite and Instrument
On Board Sensors
AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
Eumetsat - AMSU-A
Eumetsat - Technical documents
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments
Data ordering
EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access
NASA EarthData - Search
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (23.8 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 2 (31.4 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 3 (50.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 4 (52.8 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 5 (53.6 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 6 (54.40 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 7 (54.94 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 8 (55.5 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 9 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 10 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 11 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 12 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 13 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 14 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
Band 15 (89.0 GHz) (Microwave)
50000
2343
AMSU-B (Advanced Microwave Sounding)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments
Data ordering
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 16 (89.0 GHz) (Microwave)
15000
2343
Band 17 (150.0 GHZ) (Microwave)
15000
2343
Band 18 (183.31 GHz) (Microwave)
15000
2343
Band 19 (183.31 GHz) (Microwave)
15000
2343
Band 20 (183.31 GHz) (Microwave)
15000
2343
AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments
NOAA - AVHRR/3 info
USGS Archive - AVHRR info
USGS Archive - AVHRR sensor
Data ordering
Alaska Satellite Facility
DLR - EOWEB Geoportal (EGP)
NASA EarthData - Search
NOAA CLASS
NOAA CLASS - AVHRR data
NOAA NCEI
USGS EarthExplorer
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.58 to 0.68
1090 (4000)
2000
Band 2 (NIR)
0.725 to 1.1
1090 (4000)
2000
Band 3A (SWIR)
1.58 to 1.64
1090 (4000)
2000
Band 3B (MWIR)
3.55 to 3.93
1090 (4000)
2000
Band 4 (TIR)
10.3 to 11.3
1090 (4000)
2000
Band 5 (TIR)
11.5 to 12.5
1090 (4000)
2000
HIRS/3 (High Resolution Infrared Sounder)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
Data ordering
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (TIR)
14.95
20000
1080
Band 2 (TIR)
14.71
20000
1080
Band 3 (TIR)
14.49
20000
1080
Band 4 (TIR)
14.22
20000
1080
Band 5 (TIR)
13.97
20000
1080
Band 6 (TIR)
13.64
20000
1080
Band 7 (TIR)
13.35
20000
1080
Band 8 (TIR)
11.11
20000
1080
Band 9 (TIR)
9.71
20000
1080
Band 10 (TIR)
12.47
20000
1080
Band 11 (TIR)
7.33
20000
1080
Band 12 (TIR)
6.52
20000
1080
Band 13 (MWIR)
4.57
20000
1080
Band 14 (MWIR)
4.52
20000
1080
Band 15 (MWIR)
4.47
20000
1080
Band 16 (MWIR)
4.45
20000
1080
Band 17 (MWIR)
4.13
20000
1080
Band 18 (MWIR)
4
20000
1080
Band 19 (MWIR)
3.76
20000
1080
Band 20 (VIS)
0.69
20000
1080
SBUV/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultra violet instrument)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments
Data ordering
KNMI Data Centre
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.252
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 2 (VIS)
0.273
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 3 (VIS)
0.283
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 4 (VIS)
0.288
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 5 (VIS)
0.292
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 6 (VIS)
0.298
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 7 (VIS)
0.302
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 8 (VIS)
0.306
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 9 (NIR)
0.312
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 10 (VIS)
0.318
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 11 (VIS)
0.331
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 12 (VIS)
0.34
0.0011
170000
120 (170)