STAR Microwave Sounding Calibration and Trends

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When a product version is upgraded, the new data sets will also be provided on this website.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/mscat/RTCDR/"> Reference Measurement of Atmosphere Temperature Time Series, Version 1.0 </a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/mscat/MSU_AMSU_v5.0/Monthly_Atmospheric_Layer_Mean_Temperature/">Monthly MSU/AMSU/ATMS mean layer atmospheric temperatures,Version 5.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/mscat/AMSU/AMSU_v2.0/AMSUA_only_Monthly_Layer_Temperature/">Monthly Ch4-14 AMSU-only mean layer atmospheric temperatures,Version 2.0</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id='footer'> <div id='bottomBanner'> <div class="left"> <a href="https://www.doc.gov/">Dept. of Commerce</a> | <a href="https://www.noaa.gov/" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> | <a href="https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/" title="National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service">NESDIS</a> | Website owner: <a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/" title="Website owner: Center for Satellite Applications and Research">STAR</a> | <a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/productdisclaimer.php">Link & product disclaimers</a> | <a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/accessibility.php">Accessibility</a> | <a href='http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov_star'>Search</a> | <br> <a href='https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/survey.php'>Customer Survey</a> | <a href="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/privacy.php">Privacy</a> | <a href="https://www.noaa.gov/organization/information-technology/policy-oversight/information-quality">Information quality</a> | <a href="mailto:Cheng-Zhi.Zou@noaa.gov ">Questions about this site</a> | <a href="mailto:NESDIS.STAR.Webmaster@noaa.gov">STAR webmaster</a> | Modified: 9 October 2024</div> <div class="right"></div> <div class="clearing"></div> </div> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/nonGovTitleSetter.js"></script> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/menuControllerPHP.js"></script> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/imageDivWidthSetter.js"></script>  </div>  <script src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js'></script> <script src='https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.4.1.min.js'></script> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/cycle2/jquery.cycle2.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/cycle2/jquery.easing.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/global/js/fancybox/source/jquery.fancybox.pack.js?v=2.1.7"></script> <script> // tabs from: http://inspirationalpixels.com/tutorials/creating-tabs-with-html-css-and-jquery $(document).ready(function() { jQuery('.tabs .tab-links a').on('click', function(e) { var currentAttrValue = jQuery(this).attr('href'); // Show/Hide Tabs jQuery('.tabs ' + currentAttrValue).show().siblings().hide(); // Change/remove current tab to active jQuery(this).parent('li').addClass('active').siblings().removeClass('active'); e.preventDefault(); }); // CUSTOMIZED captioning call for fancybox // the enclosing anchor tag can have a title, or not // we will give it the alt value of the image as the fancybox caption; the image has to have an alt tag // if the anchor tag wraps around text (it's a plain link), popup caption becomes the text from inside the link. $(".fancybox").fancybox({ helpers: { title: { type : 'inside' }, }, beforeShow: function(){ var fancyAlt = $(this.element).find('img').attr('alt'); // find the alt value of the image inside the clicked link $(".fancybox-inner").find("img").attr("alt",fancyAlt); // assign that value to the alt of the image in the popped up box }, afterShow: function() { // take the alt of the image and make it the title of the fancybox (why isn't it already?) images = $(this.element).find('img'); if (images.length == 0) { fancyAlt = $(this.element).text(); } else { fancyAlt = $(this.element).find('img').attr('alt'); } // is there an existing title? <div class="fancybox-title fancybox-title-inside-wrap"> // if no, create one! 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