Identification

Title

STAR NOAA HRPT Satellite Data

Alternative title(s)

251.015

Abstract

The NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) satellite platforms provided High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) image data products. The HRPT consists of six channels of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data in the visible, near-infrared and infrared spectrum. The data are digitized to 10-bit precision and transmitted at 360 Lines Per Minute (LPM) at 665 kilobits per second (kbps). The HRPT data stream also included non-imagery data from other instruments on board the spacecraft. The AVHRR instrument has a resolution of 1.1 km providing 10-bit data in five separate spectral bands. Contrasted with the 4 km, 8 bit data and 2 spectral bands for the Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) for low resolution imagery transmissions, HRPT, with its 5 data channels and 10 bits of data represents about a 10-fold advantage in the amount of information that may be analyzed when compared to APT data. This is very important to meteorologists and other professionals who need the most accurate information available for analysis especially in a region of limited satellite coverage. The HRPT satellite images were uploaded to the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) ftp site by Ed Hudson during STAR period. The images cover the STAR area only. A script file was set to download the data once there were new data posted. For further information on HRPT imagery, please see: https://noaasis.noaa.gov/POLAR/HRPT/hrpt.html

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.015

protocol: https

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=251.015

protocol: https

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

251.015

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

POES NOAA-18

POES NOAA-17

POES NOAA-16

POES NOAA-11

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-100.00000

East bounding longitude

-30.00000

North bounding latitude

75.00000

South bounding latitude

45.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

End position

2008-04-17T00:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-06T22:24:40Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-12-26T23:50:16Z

Metadata language

eng; USA