GOES Sounder Spectral Response Functions(Revised, August 2011)
Sounder spectral response functions (SRFs) for GOES-8 through GOES-15 are available for download below. The SRFs were provided by ITT, the instruments' manufacturer. The second column contains links to the currently operational SRFs. Information about the SRFs linked in the 3rd column is discussed below.
GOES-8 and GOES-10 Sounder SRF HistoryFor GOES-8 and GOES-10 the "currently operational" SRFs were the ones used throughout the lifetimes of those sounders for operational processing of data products at NESDIS. The SRFs labeled "Updated on 9/28/98" were provided by ITT, and are believed to represent more accurately the true SRFs of those instruments. However, NESDIS did NOT use these updated SRFs in its operational product generation because the potential inconvenience and magnitude of effort required to do so would have outweighed the expected benefit of the small improvements that might have been realized in product performance. Nonetheless the updated SRFs are made available here to the user community. GOES-14 Sounder SRF HistoryTwo versions of the spectral response functions (SRFs) for the GOES-14 Sounder are presented on this website, along with the related calibration parameters associated with each SRF version. These different SRFs correspond to different releases of the Calibration and Alignment Handbook by the instrument vendor ITT. Released RevD – Discontinued on August 09, 2011 Released RevD – Discontinued on August 09, 2011 Released RevF – Currently Operational GOES-15 Sounder SRF HistoryTwo versions of the spectral response functions (SRFs) for the GOES-15 Sounder are presented on this website, along with the related calibration parameters associated with each SRF version. These different SRFs correspond to different releases of the Calibration and Alignment Handbook by the instrument vendor ITT. Released RevE – Discontinued on August 12, 2010 Released RevF – Currently Operational |
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