Earth Science Products From NPOES-TSIS

Point of contact for TSISData:

• NASA, NOAA, and the Air Force will each have their own data archiving systems. NASA and Air Force charters do not include dissemination of data to the public. NOAA/NESDIS will disseminate NPOES data to the public. Some NOAA data will be freely available, while other data will have an associated fee. NOAA will undoubtedly use the CLASS system for their data archiving. Information on the CLASS system and NESDIS follows:
• NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS).
• System Program Director: Brig Gen(s) Susan Mashiko
• (301) 713-4850
• sue.mashiko@noaa.gov
• http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/

Website:

• http://npoess.noaa.gov/about_NPOESS.html
• http://npoess.noaa.gov/Science/sensorToERD.html

Product Name	Product Definition	Product Units	Spatial Resolution	Temporal Resolution	Coverage Area	Product Format	Period of Product Availability
Total Solar Irradiance	The solar irradiance (a.k.a solar constant) covering the full wavelength spectrum normalized to one astronomical unit (AU).	W/m2(?)	N/A	TBD	Total Solar Disk(?)	TBD	Expected launch in 2011

(?)--implies a best guess