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NOAA-12
NOAA-12
NOAA-D (Morning)
Launched in:
1991
Out of service since:
2007
Repeat cycle:
11 days
Orbit height:
833 km
Orbit type:
near polar - sun synchronous
Organisation:
NOAA
NOAA-12 was decommissioned on 10 Aug 2007.
NOAA-12 websites
Information
NOAA Home page
NASA Goddard - POES site
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
Data ordering
Alaska Satellite Facility
NOAA CLASS - AVHRR data
NOAA CLASS
NASA EarthData - Search
On Board Sensors
AVHRR/2 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
USGS Archive - AVHRR info
USGS Archive - AVHRR sensor
Data ordering
Alaska Satellite Facility
DLR - EOWEB Geoportal (EGP)
NASA EarthData - Search
NOAA CLASS
NOAA CLASS - AVHRR data
NOAA NCEI
USGS EarthExplorer
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.58 to 0.68
1100
3000
0.5
Band 2 (NIR)
0.725 to 1.1
1100
3000
0.5
Band 3 (SWIR)
3.55 to 3.93
1100
3000
0.5
Band 4 (TIR)
10.3 to 11.3
1100
3000
0.5
Band 5 (TIR)
11.4 to 12.4
1100
3000
0.5
MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit)
Information
Data ordering
Alaska Satellite Facility
NASA EarthData - Search
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 50.3 GHz (Microwave)
105000
2348
Band 53.74 GHz (Microwave)
105000
2348
Band 54.96 GHz (Microwave)
105000
2348
Band 57.95 GHz (Microwave)
105000
2348
SBUV/2 (Solar Backscatter Ultra violet instrument)
Information
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments
Data ordering
KNMI Data Centre
NOAA NCEI
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.252
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 2 (VIS)
0.273
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 3 (VIS)
0.283
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 4 (VIS)
0.288
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 5 (VIS)
0.292
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 6 (VIS)
0.298
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 7 (VIS)
0.302
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 8 (VIS)
0.306
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 9 (NIR)
0.312
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 10 (VIS)
0.318
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 11 (VIS)
0.331
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
Band 12 (VIS)
0.34
0.0011
170000
120 (170)
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