Technical documentation with imagery and digital data  NOAA polar orbiter data user's guide (August 1997) and NOAA global vegetation index user's guide (July 1997)  [computer file] 
 NOAA polar orbiter data user's guide (August 1997)   NOAA global vegetation index user's guide (July 1997)  
produced by National Climatic Data Center. 
 - Version 1.0.  
, Computer data and programs.  
 - Asheville, N.C.  The Center  Satellite Services Group  [1997]  
 - 1 computer optical laser disc  4 3/4 in.  1 documentation ([6] p. ; 28 cm.) 
<br/><br/> "August 1997"--Disc label.   Documentation accompanying disc not distributed to depository libraries.  "National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Technical Documentation CD-ROM for users of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) data and products"--Readme.txt.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Contains description of instruments on NOAA POES series from TIROS-N through NOAA-14, level 1b data format that NOAA uses to distribute raw data to users, and derived data products including TOVS soundings, sea surface temperature (SST), mapped GAC, and radiation budget; it also describes the various products derived from NOAA POES data to monitor global vegetation growth and distribution.  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Artificial satellites in earth sciences.     <br/>Meteorology--Remote sensing--Databases.<br/>Oceanography--Remote sensing--Databases.<br/>Vegetation dynamics--Remote sensing--Databases.<br/>Global radiation--Remote sensing--Databases.     
<br/><br/><label>GPO Item No.: </label>0274-F 
<br/><br/><label>Gov. Doc. Class. No.: </label>C 55.281/2-2:IM 1