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Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite from 2016-10-01 to 2016-10-31 (NCEI Accession 0156871)
2016-11-02
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This dataset contains an operational Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite (SOHCS) product generated by NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). The operational algorithm implemented was developed at the University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). The SOHCS product measures the integrated vertical temperature from the sea surface to the depth of the 26°C isotherm. The Algorithm uses a reduced gravity model to estimate the 20 degree isotherm depth based on objectively analyzed blended sea surface height anomaly fields from operational altimeters (Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL), Jason-1, Jason-2 and Cryosat-2) and Geo-Polar blended SST analyses. The data consists of seven parameters including sea surface height anomaly and its mapping error, depth of the 20° and 26° Celsius isotherm, mixed layer depth, ocean heat content and sea surface temperature. The grid spacing of the data in both latitude and longitude is 0.25°.
This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
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AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
GOES-13 Imager
JAMI > Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager
MTSAT 1R Imager
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GOES-15 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
JASON-1
METEOSAT-10
METOP-B > Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
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AVHRR
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
A meteorological satellite [instrument] with two bands that is used for large area Earth observation at 1 km spatial resolution. Source: Glossary of GIS and Remote Sensing Terms, University of Vermont. (http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/tws-gis/glossary.htm; last accessed on 09/22/2004).
Specifically, this instrument type is to be used to represent AVHRR/1: "There are two series of AVHRR instruments. Built by ITT Aerospace/Optical Division in the mid 1970s, the AVHRR/1 is a four-channel, filter-wheel spectrometer/radiometer (Appendix) while the AVHRR/2, built in the early 1980s, is identical except for the addition of Channel 5."
See https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ecosys/cdroms/AVHRR97_d1/avhrr3.htm
GOES Imager
GOES Imager
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Imager
The GOES I-M Imager is a five channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. By means of a servo driven, two-axis gimbaled mirror scanning system in conjunction with a Cassegrain telescope, the Imager's multispectral channels can simultaneously sweep an 8-kilometer (5 statute mile) north-to-south swath along an east-to-west/west-to-east path, at a rate of 20 degrees (optical) east-west per second. This translates into being able to scan a 3000 by 3000 km (1864 by 1864 miles) "box" centered over the United States in just 41 seconds. The actual scanning sequence takes places by sweeping in an East-West direction, stepping in the North-South direction, than sweeping back in a West-East direction, stepping North-South, sweeping East-West, and so on.
The Imager consists of electronics, power supply, and sensor modules. The sensor module containing the telescope, scan assembly, and detectors, is mounted on a baseplate outside the main structure of the spacecraft, together with shields and louvers for thermal control. The electronics module provides redundant circuitry and performs command, control, and signal processing functions; it also serves as a structure for mounting and interconnecting the electronic boards for proper heat dissipation. The power supply module contains the converters, fuses, and power control for interfacing with the spacecraft electrical power subsystem. The electronics and power supply modules are mounted inside the spacecraft on the internal equipment panel. (From: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/imager.html)
JAMI
JAMI
Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager
Also known as MTSAT Imager (Multi-functional Transport Satellite Imager) and MTSAT 1R Imager.
The JAMI instrument has been designed and developed by Raytheon SBRS (Santa Barbara Remote Sensing) of Goleta, CA under contract to Space Systems/Loral and was carried on Japanese MTSAT-1R satellite (a replacement for MTSAT-1). This instrument has a visible channel at 0.55-0.90 µm; three Thermal Infra Red (TIR) Imaging channels (3.5-4.0 µm, 10.3-11.3 µm and 11.5-12.5 µm) as well as an infrared channel at 6.5-7.0 µm. Radiation in JAMI sensor is collected by a telescope with an aperture of 311 mm and focal length of 895 mm and focussed onto photovoltaic mercury cadmium telluride infrared detectors. The size of the detectors is 50 µm square, giving an angular resolution of 56 µrad and hence a linear resolution of 2 km at nadir. The nadir sampling interval, and effective resolution is 4 km. MTSAT-1R that was launched in 2005 at 140 deg. East is operational since mid-2005.
Additional Information:
http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/236
http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/text/geonews.html#MTSAT
http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/165
GCMD Instrument Keyword:
JAMI > Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager => 0d967f3a-04c1-4dac-85f9-e0ffc54c2425
MTSAT 1R Imager => 63437bc6-f068-4d54-8b46-53e27ab00b8c
Poseidon-3 altimeter
Poseidon-3 altimeter
Poseidon-3 altimeter
Poseidon-3 is the main instrument on board the French-U.S. satellite Jason-2 launched in 2008 and was derived from the Poseidon-2 altimeter on Jason-1.
The Poseidon-3 altimeter is a compact, low-power, low-mass instrument offering a high degree of reliability. Poseidon-3 is a radar altimeter that emits pulses at two frequencies (13.6 and 5.3 GHz; the second frequency is used to determine the electron content in the atmosphere) and analyzes the return signal reflected by the surface. The signal round-trip time is estimated very precisely to calculate the range, after applying the necessary corrections.
satellite sensor - altimeter
satellite sensor - altimeter
satellite sensor - altimeter
VIIRS
VIIRS
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
A scanning radiometer that collects visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans.
Additonal Information: http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=VIIRS
GOES-13
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/149
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13. The NODC has archived sea surface temperature data collected from this platform as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) program.
Instruments: GOES IMAGER et al
GOES-15
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/151
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15. The NODC has archived sea surface temperature data collected from this platform as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) program. Platform added to GHRSST data streams August 2012.
Instruments: GOES IMAGER et al
JASON-1
Updated information from ICES for the platform JASON-1 from FRANCE.
Description: Altimetry satellite; follow-on of the TOPEX-Poseidon satellite
Country *: FR FRA 250 ISO 3166-2:FR (NODC ATDB=79)
Platform Class *: 65-Orbiting satellite
Operations/Responsible organization: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Previous Name: N/A
Commissioned Date: (2001-12-07)
Decommissioned Date: (2013-07-01)
Current Length (m): Height: 3.4 meters
Built Date (YYYY-MM-DD): unknown
GCMD Platform Keyword: "Earth Observation Satellites","","JASON-1",""
Notes +: Jason-1 is a follow-on altimetric mission to the very successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission. It is a joint mission between NASA and CNES. It launched December 7, 2001 and began data collection at January 15, 2002. Jason-1 is capable of measuring significant wave height, sigma0, dry and wet troposphere and ionosphere, which can be used to calculate sea surface height and anomalies and total electron content. Jason-1 was decommissioned in June 2013.
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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanSurfaceTopography/JASON1
http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/1441-jason.php
http://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/missions/past-missions/jason-1.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/jason-2.pdf
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/j/jason-1
http://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/newsstand/newsletter/newsletter07/jason-system-overview-and-status.html
Submitted to ICES 2014-09-24
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08.
Jason-2
Updated information from ICES for the platform JASON-2 from FRANCE and UNITED STATES.
Name JASON-2
Country(s) FR: FRANCE; US: UNITED STATES
Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite
Commissioned Date 2008-06-20
Decommissioned Date 2016
Information Source (URL) http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/205
OTHER INFORMATION:
The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) is a joint effort by four organizations to measure sea surface height by using a radar altimeter mounted on a low-earth orbiting satellite called Jason-2. The four mission participants are: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US NASA), Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (FRANCE CNES), and European Meteorological Satellite Organisation (EU EUMETSAT).
JASON-2 was built under direction from CNES. After launch by NASA, CNES and NASA transferred operation and control of the JASON-2 platform to NOAA.
The Jason-2 satellite was launched in June 20, 2008.
Submitted to ICES on 2014-06-04.
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08.
After more than 11 years in orbit and well beyond its three- to five-year mission baseline, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on Jason-2 permanently ceased acquisition of scientific data at 06:48 UTC on 1 October 2019 due to aging-related issues onboard the spacecraft.
Meteosat-10 (MSG3, Third METEOSAT Second Generation Satellite)
Launched and operated by European Space Agency (ESA).
Platform Class: 64-Geostationary orbiting satellite
Synonyms: Third METEOSAT Second Generation Satellite, MSG3
Launched Date: 2012-07-05
Commissioned Date: 2012-12-12
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland(, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Notes: MSG3 is a geostationary satellite at 0º longitude, 35800 km above the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of equatorial Africa.
It carries a pair of instruments, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI), which observes the Earth in 12 spectral
channels and the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument, a visible-infrared radiometer for Earth radiation budget studies.
It also carry a transponder to detect and relay distress signals from ships and aircraft.
Info Source:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Meteosat_Second_Generation/MSG-3_Europe_s_latest_weather_satellite_delivers_first_image
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/meteosat-second-generation
MetOp-B (Meteorological Operational satellite-B)
Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite
Synonyms: Meteorological Operational satellite-B
Commissioned Date: 2012-09-17
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Notes +: MetOp-B is the second of three ESA and EUMETSAT weather satellites. The satellite carry a set of seven 'heritage' instruments provided by
NOAA and CNES and a new generation of five European instruments offering improved sensing capabilities. Several of the instruments measure similar
aspects of the atmosphere, namely temperature and humidity, but use a variety of measuring techniques to acquire their data.
Info Source:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp/About_the_satellite
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MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/166
MTSAT-2
Synonym: Himawari 7
Client: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Launch date: February 18, 2006
Launch vehicle: H-IIA
Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center
Orbit: Geostationary orbit: 145 deg.
Mass: 4,650kg (at launch)
Electrical power: 3,410 W
Design life: 10 years
Description
The MTSAT-2 is a multi-functional satellite that carries out both an aviation mission, including air traffic control, and a meteorological mission. The purpose of the aviation mission is to improve traffic congestion and safety in the Asia-Pacific region with a next-generation global-scale air traffic safety system made up of communications, navigation, tracking and air traffic control. The purpose of the meteorological mission is to capture, collect and deliver meteorological images and/or data, inheriting and expanding the mission of the GMS-5 which is also currently in service.
Multi-functional Transport Satellites (MTSAT) are a series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). MTSAT carries an aeronautical mission to assist air navigation, plus a meteorological mission to provide imagery over the Asia-Pacific region for the hemisphere centered on 140 East. The meteorological mission includes an imager giving nominal hourly full Earth disk images in five spectral bands (one visible, four infrared). MTSAT are spin stabilized satellites. With this system images are built up by scanning with a mirror that is tilted in small successive steps from the north pole to south pole at a rate such that on each rotation of the satellite an adjacent strip of the Earth is scanned. It takes about 25 minutes to scan the full Earth's disk. This builds a picture 10,000 pixels for the visible images (1.25 km resolution) and 2,500 pixels (4 km resolution) for the infrared images. The MTSAT-2 (also known as Himawari 7) and its radiometer (MTSAT-2 Imager) was successfully launched on 18 February 2006.
Submitted to ICES on 2018-01-03.
ICES Code approved 2023-08-17
SNPP
The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) was renamed to Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) in honor of Verner E. Suomi, University of Wisconsin meteorologist, widely recognized as the "Father of Satellite Meteorology."
Suomi NPP is the first next generation polar-orbiting satellite in the JPSS series, and is considered the bridge between NOAA's legacy polar satellite fleet, NASA's Earth observing missions and JPSS constellation. Launched in October 2011, Suomi NPP boasts five state-of-the-art instruments: (1) VIIRS, (2) CrIS, (3) ATMS, (4) OMPS, and (5) CERES FM5— which will be the similar instruments carried on JPSS-1. It has design life of five years and was launched with a Delta-II Mission Launch Vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Additional Information:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/SNPP/status.html
https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/snpp
http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/satellites.html#SNPP