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Calibration Coefficients NOAA-11

NOAA-11 Normalized and Absolute calibration coefficients for VIS scaled radiance (0 to 1, AVHRR Channel 1). The Absolute coefficients combine all ISCCP calibration adjustments, including the aircraft calibration.

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  DATE     NORMALIZATION    ABSOLUTE     TOTAL CORRECTION
YYYYMMDD   Slope   Intc   Slope   Intc     Slope   Intc  
--------   -------------  -------------  ----------------

19881130  1.028   0.001   1.132   0.002   1.164   0.003
19881231  1.028   0.001   1.131   0.002   1.163   0.003
19890131  1.028   0.001   1.189   0.002   1.222   0.003
19890228  1.028   0.001   1.187   0.002   1.220   0.003
19890331  1.028   0.001   1.185   0.002   1.218   0.003
19890430  1.028   0.001   1.184   0.002   1.217   0.003
19890531  1.028   0.001   1.182   0.002   1.215   0.003
19890630  1.028   0.001   1.180   0.002   1.213   0.003
19890731  1.028   0.001   1.179   0.002   1.212   0.003
19890831  1.028   0.001   1.177   0.002   1.210   0.003
19890930  1.028   0.001   1.175   0.002   1.208   0.003
19891031  1.028   0.001   1.174   0.002   1.207   0.003
19891130  1.028   0.001   1.172   0.002   1.205   0.003
19891231  1.028   0.001   1.170   0.002   1.203   0.003
19900131  1.028   0.001   1.169   0.002   1.202   0.003
19900228  1.028   0.001   1.167   0.002   1.200   0.003
19900331  1.028   0.001   1.166   0.002   1.199   0.003
19900430  1.028   0.001   1.164   0.002   1.197   0.003
19900531  1.028   0.001   1.162   0.002   1.195   0.003
19900630  1.028   0.001   1.161   0.002   1.194   0.003
19900731  1.028   0.001   1.159   0.002   1.191   0.003
19900831  1.028   0.001   1.157   0.002   1.189   0.003
19900930  1.028   0.001   1.156   0.002   1.188   0.003
19901031  1.028   0.001   1.154   0.002   1.186   0.003
19901130  1.028   0.001   1.153   0.002   1.185   0.003
19901231  1.028   0.001   1.151   0.002   1.183   0.003
19910131  1.028   0.001   1.149   0.002   1.181   0.003
19910228  1.028   0.001   1.148   0.002   1.180   0.003
19910331  1.028   0.001   1.146   0.002   1.178   0.003
19910430  1.028   0.001   1.145   0.002   1.177   0.003
19910531  1.028   0.001   1.143   0.002   1.175   0.003
19910630  1.028   0.001   1.141   0.002   1.173   0.003
19910731  1.028   0.001   1.140   0.002   1.172   0.003
19910831  1.028   0.001   1.138   0.002   1.170   0.003
19910930  1.028   0.001   1.137   0.002   1.169   0.003
19911031  1.028   0.001   1.135   0.002   1.167   0.003
19911130  1.028   0.001   1.133   0.002   1.165   0.003
19911231  1.028   0.001   1.132   0.002   1.164   0.003
19920131  1.028   0.001   1.130   0.002   1.162   0.003
19920229  1.028   0.001   1.129   0.002   1.161   0.003
19920331  1.028   0.001   1.127   0.002   1.159   0.003
19920430  1.028   0.001   1.125   0.002   1.157   0.003
19920531  1.028   0.001   1.124   0.002   1.155   0.003
19920630  1.028   0.001   1.122   0.002   1.153   0.003
19920731  1.028   0.001   1.121   0.002   1.152   0.003
19920831  1.028   0.001   1.119   0.002   1.150   0.003
19920930  1.028   0.001   1.118   0.002   1.149   0.003
19921031  1.028   0.001   1.116   0.002   1.147   0.003
19921130  1.028   0.001   1.114   0.002   1.145   0.003
19921231  1.028   0.001   1.113   0.002   1.144   0.003
19930131  1.028   0.001   1.111   0.002   1.142   0.003
19930228  1.028   0.001   1.110   0.002   1.141   0.003
19930331  1.028   0.001   1.108   0.002   1.139   0.003
19930430  1.028   0.001   1.107   0.002   1.138   0.003
19930531  1.028   0.001   1.105   0.002   1.136   0.003
19930630  1.028   0.001   1.104   0.002   1.135   0.003
19930731  1.028   0.001   1.102   0.002   1.133   0.003
19930831  1.028   0.001   1.101   0.002   1.132   0.003
19930930  1.028   0.001   1.099   0.002   1.130   0.003
19931031  1.028   0.001   1.097   0.002   1.128   0.003
19931130  1.028   0.001   1.096   0.002   1.127   0.003
19931231  1.028   0.001   1.094   0.002   1.125   0.003
19940131  1.028   0.001   1.159   0.002   1.191   0.003
19940228  1.028   0.001   1.163   0.002   1.196   0.003
19940331  1.028   0.001   1.167   0.002   1.200   0.003
19940430  1.028   0.001   1.172   0.002   1.205   0.003
19940531  1.028   0.001   1.177   0.002   1.210   0.003
19940630  1.028   0.001   1.182   0.002   1.215   0.003
19940731  1.028   0.001   1.186   0.002   1.219   0.003
19940831  1.028   0.001   1.213   0.002   1.247   0.003
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NOAA-11: Normalized and Absolute calibration coefficients for IR brightness temperature in Kelvin (AVHRR Channel 4). The Absolute coefficients combine all ISCCP calibration adjustments, including the aircraft calibration.

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  DATE     NORMALIZATION    ABSOLUTE     TOTAL CORRECTION
YYYYMMDD   Slope   Intc   Slope   Intc     Slope   Intc  
--------   -------------  -------------  ----------------

19881130   1.067 -19.500   1.000   0.000   1.067 -19.500
    :        :       :      :       :        :       :   
19940831   1.067 -19.500   1.000   0.000   1.067 -19.500
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ISCCP Calibration Coefficients