NOAA Satellite Spectral Response Functions for TOVS HIRS

The HIRS instrument contains 19 narrow-band IR channels and 1 visible channel. The response functions for each IR channel is presented here. The response function indicates the relative amount of radiation seen by the instrument for a given frequency.

Satellite

Date Range

IR Channels

TIROS-NOct. 13, 1978 - Jan. 30, 1980 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-06Jun. 27 1979 - Nov. 16, 1986 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-07Aug. 19, 1981 - Jun. 7, 1986 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-08Jun. 20, 1983 - Oct. 31 1985 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-09Feb. 25, 1985 - Nov. 7, 1988 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-10Nov. 17, 1986 - Sep. 16, 1991 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-11Nov. 8, 1988 - present 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-12May 14, 1991 - Jul. 11, 1997 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
NOAA-14Apr. 11, 1995 - present 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Maintained by Darren Jackson <dlj@etl.noaa.gov> Last modified: Mon Aug 16 10:18:54 MDT