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NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky HIRS Channel 12 Brightness Temperature, Version 2.1 (Version Superseded)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: September 09, 2026 at 10:21 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM
*Note: This dataset version has been superseded by a newer version. It is highly recommended that users access the current version. Users should only use this version for special cases, such as reproducing studies that used this version.* High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor (UTWV) Version 2.1 dataset is a fundamental climate data record that uses intersatellite calibration for clear-sky HIRS channel 12 measurements onboard the NOAA series of polar orbiting satellites to produce UTWV data. As the intersatellite biases are scene brightness temperature dependent, an algorithm is developed to account for the varying biases with respect to brightness temperature. The bias correction data are derived from overlaps of monthly means of each 10-degree latitude belt. The HIRS measurements from the NOAA POES satellites are calibrated to a baseline satellite. The time series of the intersatellite calibrated HIRS UTWV data from 1978 to 2009 is constructed and anomaly data are computed.

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  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page

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  • Operational Climate Data Records in the NOAA CDR Program

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  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page for the Current Version

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  • Three decades of intersatellite-calibrated High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder upper tropospheric water vapor

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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  • NOAA Climate Data Record Program

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