[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR950.8]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 950_ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 950.8  Satellite Data Services Division (SDSD).



    The Satellite Data Services Division of the EDIS National Climatic 

Center provides environmental and earth resources satellite data to 

other users once the original collection purposes (i.e., weather 

forecasting) have been satisfied. The division also provides photographs 

collected during NASA's SKYLAB missions.

    (a) Satellite data available from SDSD include:



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    (1) Data from the TIROS (Television InfraRed Observational 

Satellite) series of experimental spacecraft; much of the imagery 

gathered by spacecraft of the NASA experimental NIMBUS series; full-

earth disc photographs from NASA's Applications Technology Satellites 

(ATS) I and III geostationary research spacecraft; tens of thousands of 

images from the original ESSA and current NOAA series of Improved TIROS 

Operational Satellites; and both full-disc and sectorized images from 

the Synchronous Meteorological Satellites (SMS) 1 and 2, the current 

operational geostationary spacecraft. In addition to visible light 

imagery, infrared data are available from the NIMBUS, NOAA, and SMS 

satellites. Each day, SDSD receives about 239 negatives from the polar-

orbiting NOAA spacecraft, more than 235 SMS-1 and 2 negatives, and 

several special negatives and movie film loops.

    (2) Photographs (both color and black-and-white) taken during the 

three SKYLAB missions (May through June, 1973, July through September, 

1973, and November 1973 through February 1974).

    (b) Queries should be addressed to: Satellite Data Services 

Division, World Weather Building, Room 606, Washington, DC 20233, tel. 

301-763-8111.