NAVOCEANO LAC TEXT FILE FORMAT

The file contains Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Local Area Coverage AVHRR SST observational information for 24 hours. The format is an ASCII text file using a space character to separate each field. The file also contains column labels; a brief description of each field is as follows:

type (4i) 151= operational day 152= operational night

yr4d (4i) 4 digit year

mnth (4i) month

lati (6.2f) latitude

loni (7.2f) longitude

daym (4i) day

hour (4i) hour

minh (4i) minute

msst (5.1f) SST range -2.0 to 35.0 degrees C

reli (6i) rms error * 100

aopd (5.3f) aerosol optical thickness, range 0 to 2.44

(-1.000 no data)

NAVOCEANO POC's for additional information:

Daniel Olszewski

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voice: (228)688-5044 DSN 828-5044

Bruce McKenzie

email: mckenzieb@navo.navy.mil

voice: (228)688-4586 DSN 828-4586