STAR NOAA HRPT Satellite Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.015 Summary 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 Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 251.015 * doi:10.26023/PBG9-J8XH-2108 https://doi.org/10.26023/PBG9-J8XH-2108 Versions 1.0 Citation Hanesiak, J., et al. 2020. STAR NOAA HRPT Satellite Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/PBG9-J8XH-2108 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * STAR: Storm Studies in the Arctic https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/STAR Additional information * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Platforms * POES NOAA-11 * POES NOAA-16 * POES NOAA-17 * POES NOAA-18 Instruments * Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY Documentation * Metadata_HRPT.pdf [70 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5E7545D945/Metadata_HRPT.pdf * STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf [12 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5E754FC47A/STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf Related links * homepage: STAR Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/star Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2007-09-20 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2008-04-17 00:00:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 75.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -30.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: John Hanesiak https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2026 * author: Ron Stewart https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2563 * author: Kent Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1287 * author: Peter Taylor https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2564 * author: Walter Strapp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1716 * author: Mengistu Wolde https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2495 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.015?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.015?format=isotc211