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TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder suite of instruments.

Full Name

TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

Status

No longer operational

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders

Geometry

Cross-track scanning

Instrument Technology

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Data Format

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998)

NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001)

NOAA-11 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 11 (1988 - 2004)

NOAA-14 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14 (1994 - 2005)

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS, HS&M)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud top height
	Cloud top temperature
Radiation budget	Long-wave cloud emissivity
Trace gases (excluding ozone)	CO2 Mole Fraction

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Carbon Dioxide, Methane and other Greenhouse gases	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records