- (8-05-02) CoastWatch Subscription Service
- (1-24-02) Stabilization of NOAA-14 GAC
- (3-26-01) CLASS Release 2.9
- (1-24-01) NOAA-16 Data Declared Operational
(8-5-02) CoastWatch Subscription Service
The Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System now offers subscription services to users who want CoastWatch data on a daily basis. In order to get a subscription account with us, please send an email to info@class.noaa.gov with the desired subregions and datatypes (listed below), and the satellite (NOAA-15, NOAA-16 or both).
| Regions | |||
| Hawaii: | HH - Main Island Mesoscale |
Great Lakes: | GE - Erie and Ontario GL - Synoptic GM - Michigan and Huron GR - Full Regional Panel GS - Superior and Northern Michigan |
| Gulf of Mexico: | MC - Central Gulf Coast ML - Louisiana and Mississippi MP - Yucatan Peninsula MR - Full Regional Panel MT - Texas MW - West Florida MX - Extended Gulf of Mexico MY - Synoptic |
North East: | EC - Chesapeake Bay ED - Dump Site 106 EE - Extended Northeast Region EG - Georges Bank EM - Gulf of Maine EN - Synoptic ER - Full Regional Panel ES - Southern New England |
| Alaska: | AA - Aleutian Islands Synoptic AB - Beaufort AC - Chukchi AG - Gulf of Alaska AH - Anchorage AJ - Juneau AL - Aleutian Islands AN - Northern Alaska Synoptic AS - Southern Alaska Synoptic AT - Bering Straight AU - Unalaska AV - Vancouver AW - Western Alaska Synoptic AX - Southern Alaska AY - Western Alaska AZ - Northern Alaska |
West Coast: | WB - British Columbia Synoptic WC - Central California WE - Northern Baja Mexico WF - CalCOFI Synoptic WJ - Baja Mexico Synoptic WL - Southern California WM - Southern Baja Mexico WN - Northwest WO - Oregon WP - Central Baja Mexico WR - Full Regional Panel WS - Southwest WU - Northern California WV - Vancouver Island WW - Washington WX - Fill Regional Panel (2.5 km) WY - Synoptic (LAC) WZ - Synoptic (GAC) |
| South East: | SE - East Florida SG - South Carolina and Georgia SN - North Carolina SR - Full Regional Panel SS - South Florida SW - West Florida SX - Extended Southeast Region SY - Synoptic |
Caribbean: | CBH - Bahamas CBZ - Belize CCJ - Cuba / Jamaica Synoptic CDH - Dominican Rep / Haiti Synoptic CEC - East Caribbean Synoptic CEG - East Gulf of Mexico Synoptic CFB - Flower Garden Banks CFK - Florida Keys CGP - Gulf of Papayayo Synoptic CGR - Grays Reef CGT - Gulf of Tehuantepec Synoptic CJ - Jamaica CJM - Jamaica CLA - Lesser Antilles Synoptic CMM - Mazatlan / Mexico Synoptic CNF - Northern Florida CP - Puerto Rico CPC - Panama / W. Columbia Synoptic CPR - Puerto Rico CSA - San Andreas Bight Synoptic CVC - Venezuala / Columbia Synoptic CWC - West Caribbean Synoptic CWG - West Gulf of Mexico Synoptic CXS - Full Regional Panel (2.5 km) CXX - Full Regional panel (10 km) CYC - Yucatan Channel CYP - Yucatan Peninsula Synoptic |
| Datatypes | B7-NLSST daytime/nighttime split-window BM-Multiple SST algorithm daytime and nighttime C1-Channel 1 Albedo C2-Channel 2 Albedo C3-Channel 3 Brightness temperatures C4-Channel 4 Brightness temperatures C5-Channel 5 Brightness temperatures CM-Cloud Mask D1-MCSST daytime split-window D7-NLSST daytime split-window S3-MCSST nighttime triple-window S7-NLSST nighttime split-window S9-NLSST nighttime triple-window SM-Multiple SST algorithm nightti SZ-Satellite zenith angle ZA-Solar zenith angle ZR-Relative azimuth angle |
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(1-24-02) Stabilization of NOAA-14 GAC After months of problems caused by high scan motor currents, NOAA-14 AVHRR GAC data stabilized beginning the morning of January 18, 2002. The GAC data continues to look fine as of this writing (January 24, 2002). However, the HRPT data demonstrates a slight problem which causes earth locations to look off by about a half a pixel. This problem is not uniform throughout the data. Additionally, a number of pixel dropouts and bad data points have been observed throughout the HRPT data. We will continue to monitor these issues.
(3-26-01) CLASS Release 2.9 Release 2.9 offers the user the ability to order AVHRR, TOVS, and ATOVS data without the archive header record prepended. Within the Shopping Cart, for each item, users may now specify if they want this record included in their file. For AVHRR and TOVS data from satellites TIROS-N through NOAA-14, the TBM header record will be included if the box under the “Include Archive Header” column is checked. For AVHRR and ATOVS data from satellites NOAA-15 and NOAA-16, the ARS header record will be included if the box is checked.
Within their User Profile, users may specify their default preference for inclusion/exclusion of the header records. Within the Shopping Cart, this default may be overridden for any item.
Release 2.9 also inaugurates CLASS’s improved Help Pages. We believe users will find these pages more helpful and much easier to navigate. As always, we appreciate your feedback. Feel free to contact us at info@class.noaa.gov with your comments.
(1-24-01) NOAA-16 Data Declared Operational Operational data from NOAA’s satellite 16 is now available from CLASS. AMSU-A and AMSU-B data were declared operational on January 24, 2001 while AVHRR and HIRS data were declared operational on February 26, 2001.