Swath Data

NOAA 15

NOAA 16

NOAA 17

The data are single-orbit McIDAS areas. (Click here for a format description.) The file names have the format

starttime_endtime_NOAAnn_AMSUi.ext

YY	last two digits of year
DDD	Day of Year
HH	hour (UTC)
MM	minute
SS	second

nn is the number of the satellite (15-17)

i is the instrument (A for AMSU-A; B for AMSU-B)

The file extension (ext) specifies the information in the file:

C01...C20	antenna temps in channels 1-20
RR	AMSU-A rain rate
RRB	AMSU-B rain rate
TPW	total precipitable water
CLW	cloud liquid water
ICE	sea ice
IC2	sea ice (with edges)
SNO	AMSU-A snow cover
SNB	AMSU-B snow cover
LAT	latitude
LON	longitude
THK	1000-500 hPa thickness
L07	limb-adjusted channel 7
SFC	surface type (AMSU-A)
SFB	surface type (AMSU-B)
IWP	ice water path
E23	23 GHz emissivity
E31	31 GHz emissivity
E50	50 GHz emissivity
TSF	surface temperature

For simplicty, old files are placed in directories named YYDDD.

These data are in McIDAS format. Click here for a format description.

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