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2. Reference Documents
2.1 EPS programme
documents
2.2 SAF documents
2.3 Papers, reports
and other technical documentation
3. ATOVS Level 1b
Products Configuration History
3.1 ATOVS
Level 1b processing software
3.2 AMSU-A
Level 1b products
3.3 HIRS
Level 1b products
3.4 MHS Level
1b products
4. ATOVS Level 1b
Products Overview
4.1 The
ATOVS instrument suite
4.1.1
AMSU-A
4.1.1.1
Technical description and spectral characteristics
4.1.1.2
Scanning geometry
4.1.1.3
Instrument calibration
4.1.2
HIRS/4
4.1.2.1
Technical description and spectral characteristics
4.1.2.2
Scanning geometry
4.1.2.3
Instrument calibration
4.1.3
MHS
4.1.3.1
Technical description and spectral characteristics
4.1.3.2
Scanning geometry
4.1.3.3
Instrument calibration
4.2 Overview
of the ground processing and calibration
4.2.1
Pre-processing
4.2.1.1
Geolocation
4.2.1.2
Computation of calibration coefficients for AMSU-A and MHS
4.2.1.3
Computation of calibration coefficients for HIRS/4
4.2.1.4
Determination of cloud coverage for a HIRS/4 scene
4.2.2
Level 1b processing
4.2.3
Quality control
4.3 ATOVS
Level 1b product characteristics and use
4.3.1
General characteristics
4.3.2
Quality information in the products
4.4 Summary
of ATOVS Level 1b product current and potential applications
6. ATOVS Level 1b
Product Formats and Dissemination
6.1 EPS
products available dissemination means
6.1.1
Satellite Direct Broadcast Service
6.1.2
EUMETCast
6.1.3
GTS/RMDCN
6.1.4
EUMETSAT Data Centre
6.2 ATOVS
products dissemination
6.2.1
Near-real-time dissemination
6.2.2
Archive retrieval
6.3 ATOVS
EPS native product formats
6.3.1
The EPS native formats
6.3.1.1
General overview of the EPS generic product format
6.3.1.2
Granularity of the EPS products
6.3.1.3
Product format version control
6.3.1.4
Product naming convention
6.3.2
The AMSU-A Level 1b product format
6.3.3
The HIRS/4 Level 1b product format
6.3.4
The MHS Level 1b product format
6.3.5
Deriving brightness temperatures
6.4 The
HDF format
6.5 The
WMO formats
7. ATOVS Level 1 Product
Processing Algorithms
7.1 AMSU-A
Level 1a processing details
7.1.1
Radiance computation
7.1.2
Geolocation
7.2 MHS Level
1a processing details
7.2.1
Radiance computation
7.2.2
Geolocation
7.3 HIRS Level
1a processing details
7.3.1
Radiance calibration
7.3.2
Cloud coverage
7.3.3
Geolocation
8. ATOVS Level 1b Products Validation
9. ATOVS Level 1b Products Routine Monitoring
10. ATOVS, IASI and AVHRR Processing Chain Inter-dependencies
11. Record Description of the AMSU-A Level 1b Product
12. Record Description of the HIRS/4 Level 1b Product
13. Record Description of the MHS Level 1b Product
Appendix A: Summary of all EPS Products
Appendix
B: Metop Operational Orbit
B.1
Metop orbit basic parameters
B.2
Metop attitude law
B.2.1
Metop yaw steering law
B.3
Metop orbit and attitude propagation
B.3.1
Orbit propagation
B.3.2
Metop attitude propagation
Appendix
C: Data Types Used by the Generic EPS Format
C.1
Basic data types
C.2
Compound data types
Appendix
D: Format and Contents of the GRH and IPR
D.1
Generic Record Header
D.1.1
RECORD_CLASS enumerated values
D.1.2
INSTRUMENT_GROUP enumerated values
D.1.3
RECORD_SUBCLASS values
D.1.4
RECORD_SUBCLASS_VERSION values
D.1.5
RECORD_SIZE values
D.1.6
Definitions of RECORD_START_TIME and RECORD_STOP_TIME values
D.2
Generic Internal Pointer Record
Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations