University of Miami Tiros N/NOAA AVHRR Telemetry Data (Level 0)

The Data Collection and Location System, (DCS), is designed to obtain environmental data and location from fixed or moving platforms. Telemetry Data: The telemetry data archived at the University of Miami is copied from 1 inch tapes supplied to Miami by the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) in Washington, D.C. The telemetry data tapes originate at Wallops Island Virginia and Gilmore Creek Alaska the two primary government receiving stations for NOAA series satellite data and from Mombasa, Africa.

Miami decodes the 1 inch tapes, removes redundant TIP data from the output, and reformats and copies the telemetry data to 6250bpi CCT. Time Period: TirosN 04/17/1979 - 08/18/1979 NOAA-6 07/15/1979 - 12/31/1985 NOAA-7 08/12/1981 - 04/08/1986 NOAA-8 04/22/1983 - 10/31/1985 NOAA-9 12/28/1984 - present NOAA-10 10/03/1986 - 09/16/1991 NOAA-11 10/12/1988 - present NOAA-12 06/04/1991 - present File Size: TirosN Telemetry 251 passes; no more planned NOAA-6 Telemetry 1521 passes; no more planned NOAA-7 Telemetry 3315 passes; no more planned NOAA-8 Telemetry 1327 passes; no more planned NOAA-9 Telemetry 7130 passes; secondary cvg. oprnl.