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International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol XXXV, Part B4. Istanbul 2004 
1.1. Atmospheric Data 
  
DATA DESCRIPTION 
PARAMETERS 
ACCESS MEANS 
  
Abbreviation: TOVS 
Long Name: TIROS Operational 
Vertical Sounder 
Common Uses: measures vertical 
distribution of temperature and 
moisture in the atmosphere 
Temporal: 1978 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 250km 
Agency: NOAA/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: http://www.saa.noaa.gov/ 
Sample: 
  
  
    
Global Water Vapor 
  
Abbreviation: Radiation Budget 
Long Name: - none 
Common Uses: 
e climate 
e climate change 
Temporal: 1974 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 50 km 
Agency: NOAA/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: http://www.saa.noaa.gov/ 
Sample: 
  
Global Longwave Radiation 
  
Abbreviation: SUBV/2 
Long Name: Solar Backscatter 
Ultraviolet Radiometer/2 
Common Uses: monitors density 
and distribution of ozone in the 
Earth’s atmosphere from 6 to 30 
miles 
  
  
Temporal: 1984 - present 
Spatial: global 
Resolution: 11 degrees 
  
Agency: NOA A/National Environmental Data and 
Information Service 
URL: http://www.saa.noaa.o0v/ 
Sample: 
  
  
Total Atmospheric Ozone in the Northern 
Hemisphere