Instrument Characteristics:

HIRS characteristics

HIRS Instrument Response Functions NOAA-9 through NOAA-19 and METPOP-A

NOAA-15 HIRS PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-15 HIRS/3 Channel 20 slope and intercept
NOAA-15 HIRS/3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-15 secondary telescope temperature coefficients

NOAA-16 HIRS PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-16 HIRS/3 Channel 20 slope and intercept
NOAA-16 HIRS/3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-16 secondary telescope temperature coefficients

NOAA-17 HIRS PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-17 HIRS/3 Channel 20 slope and intercept
NOAA-17 HIRS/3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-17 secondary telescope temperature coefficients

NOAA-18 HIRS PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-18 HIRS/3 Channel 20 slope and intercept
NOAA-18 HIRS/3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-18 secondary telescope temperature coefficients
 

METOP-A HIRS PRT count to temperature coefficients
METOP-A HIRS/3 Channel 20 slope and intercept
METOP-A HIRS/3 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
METOP-A secondary telescope temperature coefficients
 

AMSU-A, AMSU-B and MHS characteristics

NOAA-15 measured RF characteristics
NOAA-15 PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-15 AMSU-B RFI bias correction coefficients

NOAA-16 measured RF characteristics
NOAA-16 PRT count to temperature coefficients
There is no significant NOAA-16 AMSU-B RFI

NOAA-17 measured RF characteristics
NOAA-17 PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-17 AMSU-B RFI bias correction coefficients

NOAA-18 AMSU-A measured RF characteristics
NOAA-18 MHS measured RF characteristics
NOAA-18 AMSU-A1 PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-18 AMSU-A2 PRT count to temperature coefficients
NOAA-18 MHS PRT count to temperature coefficients

METOP-A AMSU-A measured RF characteristics
METOP-A MHS measured RF characteristics
METOP-A AMSU-A1 PRT count to temperature coefficients
METOP-A AMSU-A2 PRT count to temperature coefficients
METOP-A MHS PRT count to temperature coefficients
 

AVHRR characteristics

AVHRR Instrument Response Functions for All Satellites

NOAA-14 AVHRR/2 post-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)

NOAA-15 AVHRR/3 pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)
NOAA-15 AVHRR/3 Visible Channel Wavelengths
NOAA-15 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for AVHRR/3
NOAA-15 PRT Weighting Factors
NOAA-15 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-15 radiance of space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction quadratic

NOAA-16 AVHRR/3 pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)
NOAA-16 AVHRR/3 Visible Channel Wavelengths
NOAA-16 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for AVHRR/3
NOAA-16 PRT Weighting Factors
NOAA-16 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-16 radiance of space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction quadratic

NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)
NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Visible Channel Wavelengths
NOAA-17 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for AVHRR/3
NOAA-17 PRT Weighting Factors
NOAA-17 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-17 radiance of space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction quadratic

NOAA-18 AVHRR/3 pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)
NOAA-18 AVHRR/3 Visible Channel Wavelengths
NOAA-18 IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for AVHRR/3
NOAA-18 PRT Weighting Factors
NOAA-18 Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
NOAA-18 radiance of space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction quadratic

METOP-A AVHRR/3 pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation)
METOP-A AVHRR/3 Visible Channel Wavelengths
METOP-A IWT PRT count to temperature coefficients for AVHRR/3
METOP-A PRT Weighting Factors
METOP-A Central Wave Numbers and Band Correction Coefficients
METOP-A radiance of space and coefficients for nonlinear radiance correction quadratic
 

Documentation:
 

NOAA Polar Orbiter User's Guide (TIROS-N through NOAA-14)

NOAA KLM+ User's Guide (NOAA 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)

Products:

NOAA Polar Sounding Products

 Curator: Thomas.J.Kleespies@noaa.gov

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