Notice of Changes

Partnership Policy

Last Updated:

04/28/2025

nClimGrid-Daily

Name of product or service:
nClimGrid-Daily

Type of change:
The duplicative access point will be decommissioned for nClimGrid-Daily. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) will be terminated.

Description:
The NCEI Data Access Branch will be decommissioning a duplicative access point for nClimGrid-Daily. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) will be terminated. Collection metadata for this dataset will reference official NCEI access points and secondary access points on the NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD).

The product referred to as nClimGrid-Daily is a set of daily gridded fields and area averages of temperature and precipitation that covers the Contiguous United States (CONUS) from 1951 to present and is updated daily. It is related to the monthly version of NClimGrid and NClimDiv, but with a daily temporal resolution.

nClimGrid-Daily

The nClimGrid-daily web access link and the ftp access link will be removed.
The nClimGrid-daily dataset download will continue to be available at link. Associated auxiliary data will continue to be available at link.
THREDDS services are available for data files and auxiliary files.
These data are also available from the NODD link.
Please reference the NOAA OneStop for this archive data product.

The planned services retirement date is June 30, 2025. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by May 30, 2025.

Point of contact:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

POES SEM-2 data

Name of product or service:
POES SEM-2 data

Type of change:
Suspension of new POES SEM-2 data to users

Description of change:
The NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) NOAA-15, -18, and -19 are nearing the end of their Extended Life phase. In preparation for the end of life of these satellites, NOAA is discontinuing data collection on June 16, 2025 at 1800 UTC for most instruments. This includes the Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2) suite of instruments and products. After this time no new POES SEM-2 data will be available.

Data access to previously collected POES SEM-2 data will continue to be available via: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/poes-space-environment-monitor.

For additional information and operational updates on the POES satellites, please visit https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/operations/messages.html.

POES SEM-2 will stop gathering new data on 16 June 2025, at 1800UTC.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database

Name of product or service:
NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
NCEI's NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database which is a map based dissemination point for archived C-MAN station and moored buoy data from the National Data Buoy Center will be decommissioned and the web site removed from service on May 30, 2025. These C-MAN station and moored buoy data will continue to be archived and made available through the HTTPS (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ndbc/) and THREDDS (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ndbc/cmanwx/catalog.html) data access points. The planned service's retirement date is May 30, 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Global Ocean Currents Database (GOCD)

Name of product or service:
Global Ocean Currents Database (GOCD)

Type of change:
Product will be retired

Description of change:
The Global Ocean Currents Database (GOCD) and web portal will be retired. Users can still access the component data files at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/global-ocean-currents-database.

The planned services retirement date is 15 May 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

OceanNOMADS

Name of product or service:
OceanNOMADS

Type of change:
Product will be retired

Description of change:
New updates of Navy operational ocean model fields will be discontinued. This includes regional NCOM and global HYCOM. Users are directed to the server maintained by National Weather Service at https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/ncom/prod/ for access to regional NCOM, and to the HYCOM Consortium at https://www.hycom.org/ for global HYCOM.

The planned services retirement date is 15 May 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

WSA-Enlil, NCEI Archival copy

Name of product or service:
WSA-Enlil, NCEI Archival copy

Type of change:
Product website closure

Description of change:
NCEI is retiring the access portal for the Archival copy of WSA-Enlil (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/enlil/). The archive of this model output will continue to exist and be updated, but the data access will need to be requested via email. Updated information on how to request data will be available at the following website when it is finalized: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/space-weather/space-weather-prediction-center/products-and-data

The NWS portal for the last 48 hours of model runs remains available here: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/wsa-enlil-solar-wind-prediction

The planned services retirement date is 15 May 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Estuarine Bathymetry

Name of product or service:
Estuarine Bathymetry

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
Estuarine Bathymetry is being decommissioned and the data will no longer be easily downloadable. The planned product website retirement date is May 5, 2025. The archived data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Total Sediment Thickness for the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas

Name of product or service:
Total Sediment Thickness for the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
The NCEI Total Sediment Thickness for the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas webpage and Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans and Marginal Seas

Version 3 (GlobSed) webpage is being decommissioned and the data will no longer be easily downloadable. The planned product website retirement date is May 12, 2025. The archived data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Geological History of the World's Oceanic Crust

Name of product or service:
Geological History of the World's Oceanic Crust

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
The NCEI Geological History of the World's Oceanic Crust webpage and Age, spreading rates and spreading symmetry of the world's ocean crust webpage are being decommissioned and the data will no longer be easily downloadable. The planned product website retirement date is May 12, 2025. The archived data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Circum-Antarctic Paleobathymetry to 30° South: Present to 75my

Name of product or service:
Circum-Antarctic Paleobathymetry to 30° South: Present to 75my

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
The NCEI Circum-Antarctic Paleobathymetry to 30° South: Present to 75my webpage is being decommissioned and the data will no longer be easily downloadable. The planned product website retirement date is May 12, 2025. The archived data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB)

Name of product or service:
Satellite Products and Services Review Board (SPSRB) website.

Type of change:
Website will be decommissioned.

Description of change:
The website will be decommissioned as the information has been transferred to a google site already.

Point of contact:
nesdis.ocs.communications@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
nesdis.ocs.communications@noaa.gov, walter.wolf@noaa.gov

Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS)

Name of product or service:
Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS)

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned.

Description of change:
The Index to Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS) product is being decommissioned at NCEI and transferred to SESAR. The archived data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov.

The planned product retirement date is May 05, 2025.
Products currently found at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/index-marine-lacustrine-samples
And the following Web Application: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/imlgs/samples
And the following Map Viewer: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/sample_index/

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Thermal (geothermal) Hot Springs List for the United States

Name of product or service:
Thermal (geothermal) Hot Springs List for the United States

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned.

Description of change:
More detail about the change including hyperlinks to the product’s website(s). Include this information as the last line:

The Thermal (geothermal) Hot Springs List for the United States product is being decommissioned and the data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov. The planned product retirement date is May 05, 2025.

Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/geothermal-energy

And the following Map Viewer:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/b4e8785f0f75464b9e08547ccf0b18d7

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Seismicity Catalog Collection

Name of product or service:
Seismicity Catalog Collection

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned.

Description of change:
More detail about the change including hyperlinks to the product’s website(s). Include this information as the last line:

The Seismicity Catalog Collection product is being decommissioned and the data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov. The planned product retirement date is May 05, 2025.

Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/cd-collection

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms

Name of product or service:
Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned.

Description of change:
More detail about the change including hyperlinks to the product’s website(s). Include this information as the last line:

The Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms product is being decommissioned and the data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov. The planned product retirement date is May 05, 2025.

Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/strong-motion-database-1933-1994
and
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/cd-collection

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

United States Earthquake Intensity Database

Name of product or service:
United States Earthquake Intensity Database

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned.

Description of change:

More detail about the change including hyperlinks to the product’s website(s). Include this information as the last line:

The United States Earthquake Intensity Database product is being decommissioned and the data will only be available via an archive request to ncei.info@noaa.gov. The planned product retirement date is May 05, 2025.

Products currently found at:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/natural-hazards/tsunamis-earthquakes-volcanoes/earthquakes/intensity-database-1638-1985

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Coastline Extractor

Name of product or service:
Coastline Extractor

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
The NCEI Coastline Extractor map viewer is being decommissioned and will no longer be available. The planned product retirement date is May 5, 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Shoreline/Coastline Resources

Name of product or service:
Shoreline/Coastline Resources

Type of change:
Product will be decommissioned

Description of change:
The NCEI Shoreline/Coastline Resources webpage and Shoreline/Coastline Databases webpage are being decommissioned and will no longer be available. The planned product retirement date is May 5, 2025.

Point of contact:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
ncei.info@noaa.gov

NCEI Coastal Ecosystem Maps

The planned services change date is July 1, 2024. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2024.

Point of contact:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

GOES-R Downward and Reflected Shortwave Radiation

Name of product or service:

GOES-R Downward and Reflected Shortwave Radiation

Type of change:

Termination of 25km CONUS Downward Shortwave Radiation product
Termination of the 5km Mesoscale Downward Shortwave Radiation product
Termination of the 25km CONUS Reflected Shortwave Radiation product

Description:

NESDIS plans to discontinue the production of the operational GOES-R Downward Shortwave Radiation (DSR) and Reflected Shortwave Radiation (RSR) products for the CONUS and Mesoscale Sectors only. At the same time, NESDIS will increase the Full Disk spatial resolution from 50 km (DSR) and 25 km (RSR) to 2 km for both and the increase the temporal resolution from 60 to 10 minutes. NESDIS is not aware of any users of the CONUS or Mesoscale DSR or RSR products.

Product retirement is planned for April 15, 2024

Point of contact:

Thomas Feroli: thomas.feroli@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

A 30-day comment period is now open for users to send objections or concerns about this product retirement. Send comments to thomas.feroli@noaa.gov

NCEI Ionosonde Data

Name of product or service:

NCEI Ionosonde Data

Type of change:

Data ingest will be discontinued

Description:

NCEI will be decommissioning the global Ionosonde data pipeline. Upon decommission, the existing data will be available, but no new data will be ingested or disseminated.

Websites affected include:

And ftp data access linked in the above.

The planned services change date is 1 June 2024.

Point of contact:

NCEI Coasts Oceans and Geophysics Division, ncei.info@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Coasts Oceans and Geophysics Division, ncei.info@noaa.gov

NCEI OER Digital Atlas

Name of product or service:

NCEI OER Digital Atlas

Type of change:

Service will be replaced

Description:

NCEI and the NOAA Ocean Exploration Data Management Team will be decommissioning the Digital Atlas map viewer. The new NOAA Ocean Exploration Data Atlas is available now and will officially replace the older atlas later this year.

NCEI - OER Digital Atlas

The Digital Atlas map viewer will be replaced by the new Ocean Exploration Data Atlas on Jan 1, 2024.

The planned services change date is January 1, 2024. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by December 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

NOAA Dataset Catalog

Last Updated:

09/28//2023

Name of product or service:

NOAA Dataset Catalog

Type of change:

Service will be replaced

Description:

NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI will be replacing the NOAA Dataset Catalog with the NOAA OneStop search and discovery tool. The current Dataset Catalog site uses CKAN and is no longer maintained.

NOAA Dataset Catalog

The web application access link (https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/) will be replaced by NOAA OneStop

The planned services change date is January 1, 2024. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by December 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Global Historical Climate Network daily (GHCNd)

Last Updated:

05/05/2023

Name of product or service:

Global Historical Climate Network daily (GHCNd)

Type of change:

Service will transition

Description:

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be transitioning online service for the GHCNd aka Daily Summaries from Climate Data Online v2 to Common Access. GIS services and the bulk download location will not change.

Global Historical Climate Network daily (GHCNd) Data

The web application access link will be replaced by Common Access
The GIS layer for GHCNd stations will be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/daily/
GHCNd bulk download will still be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/

The planned services retirement date is August 31, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Global Historical Climate Network - hourly / Integrated Surface Data (Global Hourly)

Last Updated:

05/05/2023

Name of product or service:

Global Historical Climate Network - hourly / Integrated Surface Data (Global Hourly)

Type of change:

Service will be replaced

Description:

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be ending online service for the Integrated Surface Data ISD (aka Global Hourly) product. The product will be replaced by Global Historical Climatological Network hourly (GHCNh). The web application access points in Common Access will no longer be available, however the GHCNh product will be available. The bulk download location will no longer be available for ISD, but download capabilities will exist for the new product GHCNh.

Global Historical Climate Network hourly Data

The web application access will be replaced in Common Access
The GIS layer for ISD stations will be replaced by GHCNh stations https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/hourly/
GHCNh download will still be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-historical-climate-network-hourly

The planned services retirement date is August 31, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Global Summary of the Day

Last Updated:

05/05/203

Name of product or service:

Global Summary of the Day

Type of change:

Name of product and service will change

Description:

The NCEI will change the name of the Global Summary of the Day product to Synoptic Summary of the Day. The product will be available through the Common Access User Interface and GIS systems. The bulk download location will be renamed.

The change is intended to help clarify the difference between the GHCNd product and GSOD product. For non-US stations GSOD or now SSOD reflect the fact that it is built from synoptic reports (currently from ISD but soon from GHCNh) and linked to a UTC calendar day rather than to local time and a climatological day defined by the various met services.

Synoptic Summary of the Data

The web application access will be updated in Common Access
The GIS layer for Global Summary of the Day stations will be replaced by the Synoptic Summary of the Day layer https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/daily/
SSOD bulk download will be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/synoptic-summary-of-the-day/

The planned services change date is August 31, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Local Climatological Data

Last Updated:

05/05/2024

Name of product or service:

Local Climatological Data v.2

Type of change:

Product will change input source

Description:

The NCEI will be changing a major input source to the Local Climatological Data product. The new source of hourly information will be the Global Historical Climate Network hourly (GHCNh). The old source of hourly data Integrated Surface Data ISD (aka Global Hourly) will be decommissioned 9/30/2023. LCD v1 (ISD source) will be available through 9/30/2023 for comparison with LCD v2 from Common Access. The web application access point in Climate Data Online v.3 will no longer be available after 9/30/2023. The bulk download location for LCD v1 will be available through 9/30/2023 and v2 will be ongoing.

Local Climatological Data

The web application access link will be replaced by Common Access
The GIS layer for LCD v1 stations will be replaced by the LCD v2 layer https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/lcd/
LCD bulk download will still be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/

The planned services change date is August 31, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2023.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Retiring NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheets (NEWIS)

Last Updated:

5/1/2022

Name of product or service:

NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheets (NEWIS)

Type of change:

Service will end

Description:

NCEI will be retiring the NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheets (NEWIS), and the product will no longer be updated or available through the NCEI website (www.ncei.noaa.gov).

The planned retirement date is May 1, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Jake.Fortune@noaa.gov by April 1, 2023. Jake Fortune is also the point of contact for comments.

GFDL CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models (CM2.X)

Last Updated:

03/18/2022

Name of product or service:

GFDL CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models (CM2.X)

Type of change:

Service will end

Description:

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be ending online service for the GFDL CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models (CM2.X) product. Currently, a static subset of the CM2.1 generated in 2012 is being hosted on the NCEI web site. Both the bulk down location and the THREDDS Data Server (TDS) service will no longer be available. The complete CM2.x product is available from the GFDL Data Portal.

CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models

THE NCEI CM2 web site will no longer be available: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/weather-climate-models/cm2-global-coupled-climate
The NCEI bulk down site will no longer be available: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/cm2-global-coupled-climate-models/access/
The NCEI THREDDS Data Server (TDS) service will no longer be available: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/model/cm2p1.html
Access to the complete CM2.X product will continue from the GFDL Data Portal: https://data1.gfdl.noaa.gov/CM2.X/

The planned services retirement date is May 31, 2022. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by April 1, 2022.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

US Hourly Precipitation

Last Updated:

03/01/2022

Name of product or service:

US Hourly Precipitation

Type of change:

Service will end

Description:

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be ending online service for the US Hourly Precipitation product. The product has not been updated since 2013 however, a version 2 update includes HPD data for the entire period of record through present. The web application access point in Climate Data Online v.3 will no longer be available. The bulk download location will not change.

US Hourly Precipitation Data

The web application access link will be replaced by Common Access
The GIS layer for Hourly Precipitation stations will be replaced by the COOP Hourly Precipitation layer https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/hourly/
HPD bulk download will still be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/precip-hly/

The planned services retirement date is May 31, 2022. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by April 1, 2022.

Point of contact:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Send comments to:

NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov

Retiring satelliteconfrences.noaa.gov website

Last Updated: 3/1/2022

https://www.satelliteconferences.noaa.gov/ will be retiring after many years of service. The planned decommission date will be April 15, 2022. For information related to NOAA’s past satellite conferences information, we suggest this website, which provides archived summaries of each conference. If you have any questions about this website, please contact: goeswebmaster@noaa.gov

1981-2010 US Climate Normals

Last Updated: 11/8/2021

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for the 1981-2010 US Climate Normals. The web application access point will be migrating from Climate Data Online v.3 to Common Access. The bulk download locations will also change.

1981-2010 US Climate Normals Changes:

The web application access link for US Hourly Climate Normals will change from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_HLY to https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/normals-hourly
The web application access link for US Daily Climate Normals will change from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_DLY tohttps://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/normals-daily
The web application access link for US Monthly Climate Normals will change from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_MLY tohttps://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/normals-monthly
The web access link for US Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals will change from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_ANN tohttps://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/normals-annualseasonal
The quick access application link will be integrated into (new quick access) before being disabled. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/normals
The download location for US Hourly Climate Normals will be updated to: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-hourly/1981-2010/
The download location for US Daily Climate Normals will be updated to: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-daily/1981-2010/
The download location for US Monthly Climate Normals will be updated to: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/1981-2010/
The download location for US Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals will be updated to: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-annualseasonal/1981-2010/

The planned services retirement date is November 30, 2021. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by January 1, 2022. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Global Summary of the Month

Last Updated: 05/12/2021

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for Global Summary of the Month (GSOM). The web application access point for GSOM will be migrating from Climate Data Online v.3 to Common Access. The bulk download locations will not change.

Global Summary of the Month Changes:

The web application access link https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=GSOM will change to https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/dataset-search?text=GSOM

The planned services retirement date is September 30, 2021. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by August 1, 2021.

The point of contact is NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Global Summary of the Year

Last Updated: 05/12/2021

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for Global Summary of the Year (GSOY). The web application access point for GSOY will be migrating from Climate Data Online v.3 to Common Access. The bulk download locations will not change.

Global Summary of the Year Changes:

The web application access link https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=GSOY will change to https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/dataset-search?text=GSOY

The planned services retirement date is September 30, 2021. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by August 1, 2021. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Integrated Surface Data

Last Updated: 03/22/2021

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for Integrated Surface Data (ISD) and ISDLite. ISD also known as Global Hourly will be available through a web accessible folder (WAF). FTP services will no longer be available as an increasing number of popular browsers drop default FTP support.

Integrated Surface Data Changes:

WAF link https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/ will change to https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-hourly/ Useful ISD documentation will be available under the ./doc folder. The ./access folder will have station csv formatted files by year. The ./archive folder will contain an ./isd and a ./csv folder. These will have tarred staton files by year for ISD formatted and CSV formatted data.
ISD Data Access (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd/data-access) a) HTTPS/WAF access ISDLite will change to ISDLite b) FTP access ISD/Global Hourly (ftp://ftp.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/) will no longer be available. c) FTP access Global Summary of the Day (ftp://ftp.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/) will no longer be availabled) FTP access ISDLite will no longer be available

The planned services retirement date is July 1, 2021. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2021. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Climate Data Online v.3 - Marine Data Tool

Last Updated: 03/17/2021

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for Global Marine data from Climate Data Online v.3 to Common Access. Subsetting, order fulfillment services, and certification for the product will be available through Common Access.

Climate Data Online v.3 - Marine Data Tool Changes:

Marine/Ocean Data a) Global Marine Data will change to Common Access (Global Marine)
CDO v.3 Marine Data Too la) Marine Data Tool will be Common Access (Global Marine)

The planned services retirement date is July 1, 2021. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2021. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Climate Indices

Last Updated: 12/10/2019

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the access location for Climate Indices data (also known as Climate Divisional data). Subsetting and order fulfillment services for the product will be available through Climate at a Glance. Climate Data Online version 1.0 is being decommissioned and will no longer be available as of March 1, 2020.

Climate Indices Changes:

NCDC Quick Links a) Climate Indices at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/CDODivisionalSelect.jsp will change to Climate at a Glance.

The planned services retirement date is March 1, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by February 1, 2020. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Global Climate Station Summaries

Last Updated: 12/10/2019

Type of change: Decommission

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be decommissioning the service for Global Climate Station Summaries. Climate Data Online version 1.0 is being decommissioned and will no longer be available as of March 1, 2020.

Global Climate Station Summaries Changes:

Land Based Product page a) Global Climate Station Summaries (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=SUMMARIES&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=&resolution=0) will no longer be supported
ISD Products page (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd/products) a) Global Climate Station Summaries (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=SUMMARIES&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=&resolution=0) will no longer be supported

The planned services retirement date is March 1, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by February 1, 2020. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Global Summary of the Day

Last Updated: 12/10/2019

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the service location for Global Summary of the Day. Subsetting and order fulfillment services for the product will be available through Common Access. Climate Data Online version 1.0 is being decommissioned and will no longer be available as of March 1, 2020.

Global Summary of the Day Changes:

NCDC Quick Links page) Global Summary of the Day (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=GSOD&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=) changes to NCEI Common Access
Land Based Products page
1. GSOD (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=GSOD&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=) changes to NCEI Common Access
2. Global Summary of the Day (GSOD) (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=GSOD&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=) changes to NCEI Common Access
ISD Products page (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd/products) Global Summary of the Day (GSOD) (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoselect.cmd?datasetabbv=GSOD&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=) changes to Global Summary of the Day (GSOD)
Bulk Downloada) Old GSOD: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/ b) New GSOD: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-summary-of-the-day/

The planned services retirement date is March 1, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by February 1, 2020. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Global Hourly data (Integrated Surface Data)

Last Updated: 12/10/2019

Type of change: Change of service location

The NCEI Data Access Branch will be changing the service location for Global Hourly Data; also known as Integrated Surface Data (ISD). Subsetting and order fulfillment services for the product will be available through Common Access. Climate Data Online version 1.0 is being decommissioned and will no longer be available as of March 1, 2020.

Global Hourly data (Integrated Surface Data) Changes:

NCDC Quick Links pages) ISD/CDO (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdopoemain.cmd?datasetabbv=DS3505&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=&resolution=40) changes to Global Hourly (ISD)
ISD Products page Global Hourly (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdopoemain.cmd?datasetabbv=DS3505&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=&resolution=40) changes to Global Hourly
ISD Data Access page (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd/data-access)
1. FTP Access changes to HTTPS Access
2. Search Tool (at https://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdopoemain.cmd?datasetabbv=DS3505&countryabbv=&georegionabbv=&resolution=40) changes to Search Tool
Bulk Download
1. Old ISD ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/
2. New ISD https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-hourly/

The planned services retirement date is March 1, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by February 1, 2020. Rich Baldwin is also the point of contact for comments.

Earth Observation Group Products and Services

This change applies to products and services available through the NCEI Website.

Last Updated: 9/11/2019

Type of change: Decommissioning of the NCEI Earth Observation Group Products Available Through the NCEI Website.

The NCEI Earth Observation Group (EOG) specializes in nighttime observations of lights and combustion sources worldwide. The group started working with DMSP data in 1994 and has produced a time series of annual cloud-free composites of DMSP nighttime lights. EOG's current focus is on nighttime VIIRS data.

Earth Observation Group Products and Services Changes:

The EOG is no longer going to continue operations at NCEI as of October 15, 2019 and NCEI will cease production of all the below listed products:

VIIRS derived products and services such as: Annual and Daily Global Nighttime Lights, VIIRS Nightfire-Nighttime Detection and Characterization of Combustion Sources
Illegal and Unreported Fishing Detection
VIIRS Gas Flaring VIIRS Fishing Boat Detection
Nighttime Cloud Free Composites.

These products, based on VIIRS observations, will continue to be publicly available through the academic sector at the Colorado School of Mines, a public university in Golden, Colorado. Ongoing data should be available through the university’s Payne Institute for Public Policy.

The planned EOG services retirement date is October 15, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact NCEI.Info@noaa.gov by October 15, 2019. The NCEI Center for Coasts, Oceans and Geophysics at NCEI.Info@noaa.gov is also the point of contact for comments.

Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project Website and Interactive Map

Last Updated: 2/6/2019

Type of change: Decommissioning of the Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project Website and Interactive Map

The Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project (GOMMDP) was launched in August 2006 in response to the coastal impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The project ended in 2009. The information from this project is available in the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Archive at NCEI Accession 0176605.

The planned project website and map retirement date is March 15, 2019. To file an appeal, please contact NCEI.Info@noaa.gov by February 28, 2019. The NCEI Center for Coasts, Oceans and Geophysics at NCEI.Info@noaa.gov is also the point of contact for comments.

AVHRR GVF and VHP Products Retirement Notification

Last Updated: 12/27/2017

Type of change: Termination of AVHRR GVF and VHP products processing systems (3/31/2018)

NESDIS intends to retire Green Vegetation Fraction (GVF) and Vegetation Health Products (VHP) from AVHRR in March of this year. Attached is the Retirement Notification Form with products and announcement information in this email.

The planned product retirement date is March 30, 2018. To file an appeal, please contact Hanjun.Ding@noaa.gov by March 23, 2018. Hanjun Ding is also the point of contact for comments.

Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (SPIDR)

Last Updated: 01/7/2016

Type of change: Decommission Service

SPIDR was designed to allow a solar-terrestrial physics customer to intelligently access and manage historical space physics data for integration with environment models and space weather forecasts. SPIDR is a distributed network of synchronous databases and 100% Java middle-ware servers accessed via the World Wide Web.

This data access service is no longer maintained, and other access options are available to search and retrieve data. The point of contact is William Denig, william.denig@noaa.gov. Send comments to William Denig, william.denig@noaa.gov.

Global Monthly AVHRR Climatology Over Land (1985 - 1994) and Pathfinder Climate Data (1987 - 1988) CD-ROM Products

Type of change: Discontinue two product web pages hosted at NCEI-CO.Description:

The National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, Colorado location (NCEI-CO) host two legacy products online originally created for CD-ROMs back in the 1990s. One product is the Global Monthly AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) Climatology Over Land CD-ROM, (spanning 1985 - 1994) and NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Climate Data CD-ROM (spanning 1987 - 1988). Both products utilize raw data that exist at either the NOAA or NASA archives, and were created under the auspices of an Ecosystems Division that no longer exists within the organization.

The products utilize software that is no longer supported or maintained, the web pages contain obsolete links and references to individuals and resources that are no longer associated with the organization, and in many cases, contain data formats that have become outdated. The state of both products have lost their utility over time (last update made in 1997-98) as technology has evolved, support personnel have moved on and the priorities of organization have changed.

The point of contact is Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov. Send comments to Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov.

Metadata Enterprise Resource Management Aid (MERMAid).

Last Updated: 01/10/2015

Type of change: MERMAid Deactivation

This message is to inform our users that NESDIS/NCEI is considering discontinuing the Metadata Enterprise Resource Management Aid (MERMAid) product. MERMAid is a secure, online Web-based application that allows users to develop metadata records in compliance with the Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, to organize these metadata records any way they see fit (i.e., by project, data type, personnel, etc.), and to publish these records to catalogs for public discovery and data access. While MERMAid has proven very beneficial over many years, it does not meet NOAA’s directive to use ISO to document NOAA’s environmental data and information. Moreover, it is built on a software base that is no longer supported within NCEI. If MERMAid is deactivated, current users will need to find alternate sources for the editing, validation and publication of their standard CSDGM and related profile metadata. In addition, any published metadata available on the National Centers for Environmental Information’s WAF from existing accounts will be unavailable as of December 31, 2015. NCEI will export existing metadata records upon request.

The point of contact is Angela Sallis, angela.sallis@noaa.gov and 228-688-5604. Send comments to Angela Sallis, angela.sallis@noaa.gov or call 228-688-5604.

SPENES (TXUS20)

Last Updated:

10/05/15

Type of change:

SPENES retirement/divestiture notifications

Description:

Effective 1200 UTC November 16, 2015, the NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) Satellite Precipitation Guidance Message Product (SPENES, WMO header TXUS20 KWBC) will no longer be issued for the continental US (lower 48 states) but will continue to be issued for Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. SAB will continue satellite support to the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) and satellite-based information from SAB may be integrated by WPC’s forecasters into their MPDs (Mesoscale Precipitation Discussions). This is intended to provide a single source of centralized guidance on heavy rainfall and flash flood threats and ensure consistent message delivery.

The point of contact is Davida Streett, davida.streett@noaa.gov and 202-264-0102. Send comments to Davida Streett, davida.streett@noaa.gov or call 202-264-0102.

NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA)

Last Updated: 04/30/14

Type of change: Discontinue website hosted at NGDC.

During 2002 Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.) called for a fundamental review of NOAA's strengths and opportunities for improvement. A Program Review Team reviewed and debated issues and developed suggestions for building a better NOAA. These suggestions led to a recommendation to have a centralized planning approach for integrating NOAA observing systems and indicated a clear need for a NOAA-wide observing system architecture. NOAA responded by creating the NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA) Action Group, which led the charge on having a website and backend database created to store information about NOAA's observing system architecture. The goals of this IT project were: design observing systems that support NOAA's mission and provide maximum value, avoid duplication of existing systems, and operate efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. NOSA includes: NOAA's observing systems (and others) required to support NOAA's mission, The relationship among observing systems including how they contribute to support NOAA's mission and associated observing requirements, and the guidelines governing the design of a target architecture and the evolution toward this target architecture. NGDC no longer receives funding for maintaining information stored in the underlying relational database, and some of the search tools are no longer maintained to serve the initial purpose of the website. The contents of the database will be transferred to NOAA's Technology, Planning, and Integration for Observation (TPIO) Office.

The point of contact is Dan Kowal, at dan.kowal@noaa.gov or at 301 683-3230. Send comments to Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov or call 301 683-3230.

The processing of MODIS/Aqua Ehux bloom and calcite products

Last Updated: 04/21/14

Type of change: Termination of the processing of MODIS/Aqua Ehux bloom and calcite products

The generation of global MODIS/Aqua Emiliania huxleyi bloom and calcite concentration products will be terminated on 22 May 2014 unless a NOAA operational user for either of these products is identified prior to this date. Though the E. huxleyi bloom and calcite products provide valuable information to assist in monitoring the response of the marine ecosystem to ocean acidification and climate change, we have not identified any NOAA operational users that will use either of these two products. As a result, the NOAA Satellite Product and Services Review Board has recommended that the Office of Satellite and Products Operations terminate the processing of these two products until NOAA operational users for these products are identified. The MODIS/Aqua E. huxleyi bloom and calcite products have been generated and distributed to the user community since October 2012. They are monitored at http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/color/index.html , and are accessible in ftp://cw-okeanos.noaa.gov/pub/data1/EHUX_data_experimental/. Note that the products have been reduced from 24 regions (global coverage) to six regions since 6 March 2014.

The point of contact is Dr. Banghua Yan, Oceanographert at Banghua.Yan@noaa.gov or at 301 683-3230. Send comments to Dr. Banghua Yan, Oceanographert at Banghua.Yan@noaa.gov.

NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding Products

Last Updated: 11/25/13

Type of change: Termination of NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding Products onJanuary 15, 2014

The NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS Sounding capability will be replaced with a Metop-A/Metop-B and SNPP (NOAA Unique CrIS/ ATMS Product System (NUCAPS)) capabilities in order to optimize and accommodate new soundings missions within NOAA/NESDIS. NESDIS intends to terminate the NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 ATOVS sounding products generation and dissemination on January 15, 2013. Please contact ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880 if you require more information.

The point of contact is ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880. Send comments to ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or call 301-817-3880.

NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013

Last Updated: 03/13/13

Type of change: Termination of NOAA-15 ATOVS Sounding Products on May 30, 2013

NOAA-15 ATOVS capability will be replaced with a Metop capabilities (i.e., Metop-A and Metop-B ATOVS capability) in order to optimize resources to accommodate the Metop- capabilities. A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the NOAA-15 ATOVS sounding products generation and dissemination on May 30, 2013. If you require more information, please contact the ESPC Help Desk at ESPCOperations@noaa.gov or (301) 817-3880.

The point of contact is ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880. Send comments to ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or call 301-817-3880.

NOAA-15 GVI products (Fractional Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) )

Last Updated: 07/22/12

Type of change: Termination of NOAA-15 Global Vegetation Index (GVI) Products on September 30, 2012

The NOAA-15 AVHRR NDVI products are getting degraded significantly as the instrument ECT is drifting away from 7:45AM to 4:45AM. The NDVI algorithms could not work optimally with the drift. As a result, the NOAA-15 AVHRR vegetation products are unable to meet the operational requirements for quality. A decision has been made by NESDIS to terminate the NOAA-15 GVI products generation and dissemination on September 30, 2012.

The point of contact is ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880. Send comments to ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or call 301-817-3880.

NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR

Last Updated: 07/20/12

Type of change: Termination of the Calibrated SSM/IS TDR Products on September 30, 2012

There is no real time user for NESDIS Calibrated SSM/IS TDR in OSPO product audit conducted in 2011. STAR is the only user and has agreed to run the F16 calibrated SSM/IS TDR software application in house. A decision has been made by NESDIS to divest the processing to STAR, and terminate the calibrated SSM/IS TDR products generation and dissemination on September 30, 2012.

The point of contact is ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov and 301-817-3880. Send comments to ESPC Operations at EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov or call 301-817-3880.

11km Global Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) AnalysisData set available at: NESDIS Office of Satellite and Product Operations

Last Updated: 06/22/2012

Type of change: Discontinue production of this product on September 1, 2013.

Note: The replacement product at 5 km grid spacing is currently in production (operational May 2012).An SST analysis incorporating satellite-borne instruments is a true global analysis. Each instrument has its own strengths and weaknesses, depending on the sensor type, platform, orbit, etc. The production of an accurate SST depends on merging the data from these sources and accounting for the differing measurement methods and accuracies while maintaining as much of the information in the observations as possible to capture the best of each sensor.The product to be discontinued is a daily SST analysis (operational June 2008) that combines Geostationary (GOES-E/W, MT-SAT and Meteosat) SST and POES and Metop (AVHRR) SSTs into a single high-resolution (0.1°x0.1°) product.

This original resolution was chosen to approximately match the Nyquist sampling criterion for the mid-latitude Rossby radius (~20 km) to ensure the preservation of mesoscale oceanographic features such as eddies and frontal meanders. The methodology employs a rigorous multi-scale optimal interpolation which approximates the Kalman filter, together with a data-adaptive correlation length scale to ensure the balance between detail preservation and noise reduction. The analysis has proven a significant success, even when compared to other products which purport to be of similar or higher resolution.The 11km blended SST product can be replaced with the higher resolution product which uses the same multi-scale optimum interpolation technique cited above. The replacement product is at 5km (1/20 degree) grid spacing.

The point of contact is John Snapper, john.sapper@noaa.gov. Send comments to John Snapper, john.sapper@noaa.gov.

Global Ecosystems Database

Last Updated: 01/19/12

Type of change: Discontinue archival support and data distribution at NGDC.

The Global Ecosystems Database (GED) project began in 1990 as an Interagency project between the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Oregon (ERL-C). The primary objective of the project was to produce a spatially integrated database (including observational time sequences and model simulation outputs) with high quality metadata for characterization and modeling support within the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).

Datasets were selected for publication to meet research priorities established by the EPA/ERL-C and to expand the use of datasets of potential value to the modeling and applied research community. Following prototype development, the first publicly released volume of the database was GED "Disk A" (September 1992). In 1993 datasets for Disk B were distributed for review. The final version of disk B, published in 1997 completed the review, update, and publication process with new or revised versions plus several important additional datasets contributed through 1997. The current online GED combines the datasets from Disk A and Disk B, the former has been updated from its original version to meet the same metadata standards as Disk B.NGDC no longer has data stewardship support or a mission focus to continue supporting this data set.

The lead author, Dr. John J. Kineman, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Colorado will maintain a complete set of the data. Future possibilities include a data transfer to the National Climatic Data Center.

The point of contact is Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov. Send comments to Dan Kowal, dan.kowal@noaa.gov.

NESDIS GOES 5x5 Sounding BUFR Retrievals

Last Updated: 10/20/11

Type of change: Replacement / Retirement

The replacement GOES 1x1Sounding BUFR Retrievals product will begin transmission to the user on November 22nd at 15Z UTC. The GOES 5x5 Sounding Retrievals are vertical atmospheric temperature or moisture profiles derived from radiances measurements. The radiance measurements are from a variety of instruments flown on NESDIS’ current GOES EAST/WEST weather satellites. The GOES 5x5 bufr sounding retrievals are being generated twice per hour per satellite. All of the retrievals are placed into BUFR format to be utilized by users. The profiles are averaged over a 5x5 pixel area giving a resolution of 50 km. The new and improved 1x1 bufr sounding retrievals that have replaced the 5x5 are at 10 km resolution and give profile information for each pixel. This improvement equates to about .4 mm for Precipitable Water (PW) and about .3o - .5o K for temperature. The increase in the amount of data being produced and transmitted to the users per hour, allows for more overall detailed analytical information.

The point of contact is EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov. Send comments to EspcHelpdesk@noaa.gov.