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Operational Linescan System (OLS) - Derived Products (including posters and slides)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 13, 2026 at 01:19 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Visible and thermal infrared imagery from DMSP Operational Linescan System (OLS) instruments are used to monitor the global distribution of clouds and cloud top temperatures twice each day. The archive data set consists of low resolution global and high resolution regional, imagery recorded along a 3,000 km scan, satellite ephemeris and solar and lunar information.

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