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Calibration Coefficients GOES-5

GOES-5: Normalized coefficients for VIS scaled radiances (0 to 1) and IR brightness temperatures in Kelvins. The Normalized coefficients result from comparison to the reference AVHRR for that time period. (NOAA-7: July 1983 - January 1985, NOAA-9: February 1985 - October 1988, NOAA-11: November 1988 - August 1994, NOAA-14: January 1995 - September 2001, NOAA-16: October 2001 - December 2005, NOAA-18: January 2006 - present)

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  DATE            VISIBLE (fraction)                    INFRARED (Kelvin)
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YYYYMMDD  Slope   Intc    rms    min    max   Slope   Intc    rms     min      max
--------  -----  ------ ------- ------ -----  ----- ------- -------  ------- --------

19830731  0.665  -0.004  0.016  0.040  0.710  1.117 -30.920   1.000  195.500  299.000
19830831  0.653   0.000 ------  -----  -----  1.111 -29.330  ------  -------  -------
19830930  0.642   0.005 ------  -----  -----  1.104 -27.740  ------  -------  -------
19831031  0.630   0.009  0.022  0.090  0.800  1.098 -26.150   1.600  193.000  301.000
19831130  0.607   0.009 ------  -----  -----  1.084 -22.620  ------  -------  -------
19831231  0.583   0.009 ------  -----  -----  1.069 -19.080  ------  -------  -------
19840131  0.560   0.010  0.018  0.040  0.800  1.055 -15.550   1.200  193.000  302.000
19840229  0.580   0.009 ------  -----  -----  1.066 -18.810  ------  -------  -------
19840331  0.600   0.007 ------  -----  -----  1.078 -22.080  ------  -------  -------
19840430  0.620   0.006  0.020  0.040  0.730  1.089 -25.340   1.500  195.500  303.000
19840531  0.625   0.006 ------  -----  -----  1.102 -28.240  ------  -------  -------
19840630  0.631   0.006 ------  -----  -----  1.116 -31.140  ------  -------  -------
19840731  0.636   0.006  0.013  0.040  0.730  1.129 -34.040   1.700  194.500  296.000
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GOES-5: Absolute coefficients for VIS scaled radiances (0 to 1) and IR brightness temperatures in Kelvins. The Absolute coefficients combine all ISCCP calibration adjustments, including the aircraft calibration, to produce the final Absolute tables in the BT dataset.

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  DATE       VISIBLE       INFRARED
--------  -------------  -------------
YYYYMMDD  Slope   Intc   Slope   Intc

19830731  0.747  -0.003  1.151 -40.448
19830831  0.734   0.001  1.144 -38.810
19830930  0.723   0.007  1.137 -37.172
19831031  0.710   0.011  1.131 -35.535
19831130  0.685   0.011  1.117 -31.899
19831231  0.659   0.011  1.101 -28.252
19840131  0.633   0.012  1.087 -24.617
19840229  0.657   0.011  1.098 -27.974
19840331  0.680   0.009  1.110 -31.342
19840430  0.703   0.008  1.122 -34.700
19840531  0.709   0.008  1.135 -37.687
19840630  0.717   0.008  1.149 -40.674
19840731  0.724   0.008  1.163 -43.661
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ISCCP Calibration Coefficients