NOAA KLM User's Guide Appendix D.3

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D.3: NOAA-17 (M)

Launch date: June 24, 2002

Operational dates: October 15, 2002 - present

Morning orbit: 2200 LST ascending node, 1000 LST descending node

AVHRR instrument: 6 channels (AVHRR/3)

Spacecraft ID: 6

Abnormalities:

Up to date information regarding abnormalities on the POES spacecraft and instruments can be found at: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus/. This website allows a user to search and sort on any POES spacecraft, subsystem or instrument status. Once a user narrows down their window of interest, further details can be obtained by going to the NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite Operations' (OSO) archive of weekly status reports at: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/podocs.html.

AVHRR:

Table D.3-1 contains the PRT weighting factors for NOAA-17.

Table D.3-3 contains NOAA-17 coefficients d₀, d₁, d₂, d₃ and d₄ that relate temperature, T_PRT, (Kelvin) of each PRT to count value, C_PRT, by the equation:

Table D.3-4 contains the pre-launch calibration coefficients (albedo representation) for the AVHRR/3 instrument on NOAA-17.

Table D.3-5 contains a summary of the spectral response data as a function of wavenumber for all channels of the NOAA-16 AVHRR/3.

Table D.3-6 contains NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 visible channel information such as equivalent width, w, effective central wavelength, ν_e, and in-band solar irradiance, F.

Table D.3-7 contains the temperature-to-radiance coefficients for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channels 3B, 4 and 5.

Tables D.3-8 and D.3-9 contain the corresponding spectral response values for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channels 1, 2, 3A and Channels 3B, 4 and 5, respectively. Note: Negative response values were caused by system response noise and are to be ignored but are included in the table for completeness.

Figure D.3-2. Spectral Response Curve for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channel 2.

Figure D.3-3. Spectral Response Curve for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channel 3A.

Figure D.3-4. Spectral Response Curve for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channel 3B.

Figure D.3-5. Spectral Response Curve for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channel 4.

Figure D.3-6. Spectral Response Curve for NOAA-17 AVHRR/3 Channel 5.

HIRS:

Table D.3-10 contains the NOAA-17 HIRS/303 central wave numbers and band correction coefficients for the thermal channels.

Table D.3-11 contains the Internal Warm Temperature (IWT) PRT count to temperature coefficients for the NOAA-17 HIRS/303 instrument.

Table D.3-12 contains the secondary telescope temperature coefficients for the NOAA-17 HIRS/303 instrument.

Table D.3-13 contains the actual filter functions for NOAA-17 HIRS/303. This information may also be downloaded at the following website: http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/spb/calibration/hirs/srf/hirssrf.html