Updated: 31 January 2006

NOAA product and download information

Free digital data by download

NOAA data is available free of charge from the ACRES download site for acquisitions over the last 7 days. The data will be removed from the download site after this time.

Data will normally be available on the download site during the evening after an acquisition.

Product specifications

Scene Size	Across Track - 2399 km (for NOAA-16)
Scene Size	Along Track - Full swath (normally over the whole country)
Pixel size	36 arc seconds (1/100 degree)
Processing level	Map Image (map oriented, georeferenced and radiometrically calibrated)
Format	HDF. Click here for viewers.
Projection	Cylindrical Equidistant
Processing Software	CAPS Version 2.5
Bands	All available AVHRR bands
File	Single file approximately 100Mb in size (compressed)

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Ordering procedure for download

For your first download, you are required to go to the NOAA Register page where you enter your relevant details and the purpose for which the data is being used. You must also read and agree to the licence conditions.

Upon agreement to the licence conditions, a login name and password will be generated so you can access the relevant part of the ACRES download site. This information is automatically sent to you via the e-mail address quoted in the licence page. Your login name and password may be used for all subsequent NOAA downloads of free data.

Once you have registered to become a Licensee, the NOAA Online Data pages provide details of scenes from the last seven days available for download. These pages may be viewed at any time, but whenever a file is selected for download, your login name and password must be provided to effect a successful download.

There are two ways to download data from the ACRES site:

FTP - requires ftp client software (which may permit regular automatic download).
HTTP - uses your current browser to download the file.

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Importing and georeferencing NOAA data

See information on importing and georeferencing ACRES NOAA data into image processing systems.

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Digital data from the Archive

Archived NOAA data is available from CSIRO Earth Observation Centre.

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Enquiries

For further information, please contact ACRES Satellite Operation Services on (02) 6249 9779.

Trading conditions

Special copyright conditions apply to the sale of satellite data. In order to purchase satellite data products, users must agree to the licence conditions covering its use. Please see ACRES End-User Licence Agreements.