tovsfile - BMAPTOPN.DAT, BMAPTOPS.DAT, HIRLCOEF.DAT, HIRTCOEF.DAT, HRESTOPN.DAT, HRESTOPS.DAT, INGEPARAM.DAT, MSULCOEF.DAT, MSUTCOEF.DAT, MSZTCOEF.DAT, ORBELN12.DAT, RTVLCOEF.DAT, RTVSCOEF.DAT, TOPOLRES.DAT

Synopsis

refdata/tovs/BMAPTOPN.DAT
refdata/tovs/BMAPTOPS.DAT
refdata/tovs/HIRLCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/HIRTCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/HRESTOPN.DAT
refdata/tovs/HRESTOPS.DAT
refdata/tovs/INGEPARAM.DAT
refdata/tovs/MSULCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/MSUTCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/MSZTCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/ORBELN12.DAT
refdata/tovs/RTVLCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/RTVSCOEF.DAT
refdata/tovs/TOPOLRES.DAT

Description

These files are supplied by the University of Wisconsin and as new satellites become operational, the manufacturer will update them to reflect the latest sensor packages.

BMAPTOPN.DAT
Bitmap file corresponding to HRESTOPN.DAT.

BMAPTOPS.DAT
Bitmap file corresponding to HRESTOPS.DAT.

HIRLCOEF.DAT
Coefficients for HIRS limb-correction.

HIRTCOEF.DAT
Coefficients for HIRS radiative-transfer computations

HRESTOPN.DAT
High resolution (10 nautical mile) topographical map of the northern hemisphere.

HRESTOPS.DAT
High resolution (10 nautical mile) topographical map of the southern hemisphere.

INGEPARAM.DAT
Ingest parameters for all noaa satellites, starting from TIROS-N to currently active satellite.

MSULCOEF.DAT
Coefficients for MSU limb-correction.

MSUTCOEF.DAT
Coefficients for MSU radiative-transfer computations.

MSZTCOEF.DAT
Coefficients for MSU angle-dependent radiative-transfer.

ORBELN12.DAT
Not used by TeraScan.

RTVLCOEF.DAT
Real-data coefficients for use with `tovret'.

RTVSCOEF.DAT
Synthetic coefficients for use with `tovret'.

TOPOLRES.DAT
Low resolution (60 nautical mile) topographical map of the globe with land-sea flag.

NOTES

These files are absolutely necessary to run the TOVS package. Do not modify or delete them.

Last Update: $Date: 2001/05/16 18:39:29 $