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SATELLITE DATA INGEST AT NCEP

NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
(Last Revised 2/12/2018)

Satellite Data Ingest at NCEP

Dennis Keyser - NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
(Last Revised 2/13/2018should now be completely up-to-date)




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The ingest of most satellite data into the NCEP /dcom database on the IBM Central Computer System (IBM-WCOSS) machines is performed separately from the NCEP/NCO decoding system which handles data primarily on GTS.

Most of the satellite data described here are provided to NCEP from NESDIS (either directly or as a conduit from other centers). Files are transferred, via wget, ftp or lftp, from various servers directly to the NCEP IBM-WCOSS machine as they become available. A schedule has been established for the initiation of jobs on the IBM-WCOSS which perform this file transfer (see Table 1).  Each time a particular ingest job runs, a query is first performed which returns a listing of files for the particular data type currently residing on the server . This list is compared against a history of files that have previously been transferred and processed. If any new files are present, then those files are transferred. Otherwise, no action is taken.

The following types are currently part of the satellite ingest:

  • NESDIS and NASA/Langley GOES inager and sounder data (for ingest schedule see type "goes_radsnd" in Table 1)
    • NESDIS 1x1 field-of-view satellite soundings, retrievals, level 1c sounder brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESND/satsnd.goesW.D??????????.T????Z.1B1 [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
      • files (DDS) /pull/satsnd.goesE.D??????????.T????Z.1B1 [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR) (no longer produced after 11-20-15, sounder went bad) 
    • NESDIS 1x1 field-of-view cloud data (cloud top pressure, cloud temperature) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESND/goesW.RMD.D?????.T????.Z [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
      • files (DDS) /pull/GOESND/goesE.RMD.D?????.T????.Z [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 11-20-15, sounder went bad) 
    • NESDIS 11x17 field-of-view level 1c imager (clear-sky) brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESND/gicsbt.???????.????.goes15NB [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESND/gicsbt.???????.????.goes13NB [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 01-08-18) 
    • NASA/Langley 1x1 field-of-view cloud data (cloud top/bottom pressure/height, cloud temperature, cloud phase) pulled from NASA typhoon.larc.nasa.gov server (primary) or ESRL  gsdftp.fsl.noaa.gov server (backup) via anonymous user-access
      • files /pub/rabi/RR/G15V3.0.RR.???????.????.PX.08K.CDF.gz [GOES-15 (W)] (NetCDF)
      • files /pub/rabi/RR/G16V3.0.RR.???????.????.PX.06K.CDF.gz [GOES-16 (E)] (NetCDF)
      • files /pub/rabi/RR/G13V3.0.RR.???????.????.PX.08K.CDF.gz [GOES-13 (E)] (NetCDF(no longer produced after 12-28-17, GOES-16 replaced GOES-13 as GOES-E) 
    • GOES Imager Effective Cloud Amount (i.e., sky-Cover) data pulled from Univ. of Wisconsin ftp.ssec.wisc.edu server via anonymous user-access
      • files /pub/goes_imgr_sky_cvr/ascii/G15_Imgr_????z_???????.TXT [GOES-15 (W)] (ASCII)
      • files /pub/goes_imgr_sky_cvr/ascii/G16_Imgr_????z_???????.TXT [GOES-16 (E)] (ASCII)
      • files /pub/goes_imgr_sky_cvr/ascii/G13_Imgr_????z_???????.TXT [GOES-13 (E)] (ASCII) (no longer produced after 12-27-17, GOES-16 replaced GOES-13 as GOES-E) 

  • FNMOC/DMSP SSM/I, FNMOC/DMSP SSM/IS and NASA/GPM-core/GMI data (for ingest schedule see type "ssmi" in Table 1)
    • SSM/I EDR files (derived products) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
    • SSM/I SDR files (1c brightness temperatures) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
    • SSM/IS UPP (Unified Pre-Processor) 1b brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
      • files (DDS) /pull/NPR.TDUP.SA.D?????.S????.E????.????????.NS (DMSP F-16) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 2-2-16) 
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/DMSP/NPR.TDUP.SB.D?????.S????.E????.????????.NS (DMSP F-17) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/DMSP/NPR.TDUP.SC.D?????.S????.E????.????????.NS (DMSP F-18) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • files (DDS) /pull/NPR.TDUP.SD.D?????.S????.E????.????????.NS (DMSP F-19) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored(no longer produced after 2-11-16) 
    • GMI L1C-R brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
      • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GMI/1C-R.GPM.GMI.XCAL????-?.????????-S??????-E??????.V???.bufr (BUFR)

  • NESDIS/POES ATOVS sounder data (for ingest schedule see “tovs” in Table 1)
    • NESDIS/NASA GEOSTATIONARY and  POLAR-ORBITING satellite derived winds (for ingest schedule see "satwnd" in Table 1)
      • GOES IR (long-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrCD.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrCD.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 01-08-18)
      • GOES IR (long-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?F-M?C14_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 14] (BUFR)
      • GOES water vapor imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrWV.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrWV.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 01-08-18)
      • GOES water vapor imager clear sky/deep-layer winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?VF-M?C08_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 8] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?VF-M?C09_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 9] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?VF-M?C10_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 10] (BUFR)
      • GOES water vapor imager cloud top winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?F-M?C08_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 8] (BUFR)
      • GOES visible imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrVZ02.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrVZ02.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 01-08-18)
      • GOES visible imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?F-M?C02_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 2] (BUFR)
      • GOES IR (short-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrSWIR.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrSWIR.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E)] (BUFR(no longer produced after 01-08-18)
      • GOES IR (short-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GOESAMV/?M?F-M?C07_v1r0_g16_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr [(GOES-16 (E), chn. 7] (BUFR)
      • GOES water vapor sounder winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrWV11.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W), channel 11] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GOESAMV/satwnd.bufrWV10.goesW.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-15 (W), channel 10] (BUFR)
        • files (DDS) /pull/satwnd.bufrWV11.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E), channel 11] (BUFR(no longer produced after 11-20-15, sounder went bad) 
        • files (DDS) /pull/satwnd.bufrWV10.goesE.D?????.T??:??:??Z [GOES-13 (E), channel 10] (BUFR(no longer produced after 11-20-15, sounder went bad) 
      • MODIS IR (long-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.aqua.D?????.T??:??:??Z (AQUA) (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.terra.D?????.T??:??:??Z (TERRA) (BUFR)
      • MODIS water vapor imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrwvap.aqua.D?????.T??:??:??Z (AQUA) (BUFR)
      • AVHRR IR (long-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.METOPA.D?????.T??:??:??Z [METOP-2(A)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.METOPB.D?????.T??:??:??Z [METOP-1(B)] (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.N15.D?????.T??:??:??Z (NOAA-15) (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.N18.D?????.T??:??:??Z (NOAA-18) (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/POESAMV/satwnd.bufrcdft.N19.D?????.T??:??:??Z (NOAA-19) (BUFR)
      • VIIRS IR (long-wave) imager winds pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/VIIRS/PAMV_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR)

    • EUMETSAT/ASCAT and ISS/RapidSCAT data (for ingest schedule see "qscatter" in Table 1)
      • ASCAT wind scatterometer data at 50 km resolution pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/SCAT/ascat_????????_??????_metopa_?????_srv_o_250_ovw.l2_bufr [METOP-2(A)]  (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/SCAT/ascat_????????_??????_metopb_?????_srv_o_250_ovw.l2_bufr [METOP-1(B)]  (BUFR)
      • RapidScat wind scatterometer data  at 25 km resolution pulled from KNMI server ftp.knmi.nl via user-access account
        • files /rscat_nrt/rapid_????????_??????_iss____?????_2hr_o_250_ovw_l2.bufr (2-hour latency) (BUFR(no longer produced after 8-19-16) 
        • files /rscat_del/rapid_????????_??????_iss____?????_o_250_ovw_l2.bufr (3-hour latency) (BUFR(no longer produced after 8-19-16) 
    • FNMOC/WindSat data (for ingest schedule see "windsat" in Table 1)
      • wind scatterometer data pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account

    • NASA/AQUA/AIRS/AMSU-A, EUMETSAT/METOP/IASI (global satellite broadcast, and regional direct broadcast from UW/SSEC), ISRO-CNES/Megha-Tropiques/SAPHIR and JAXA/GCOM-W/AMSR2 data (for ingest schedule see "airs" in Table 1)
      • AIRS and AMSU-A every field-of-view 1b brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/NPR.AIBT.AQ.D?????.S????.E????.????.C0300.U8 (AQUA) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • METOP/IASI 616 channel every field-of-view 1c radiances pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/IASI/NPR_IARD.M02_D?????_S??????_E??????_G???_C0616_U6 [METOP-2(A)] (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/IASI/NPR_IARD.M01_D?????_S??????_E??????_G???_C0616_U6 [METOP-1(B)] (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • SAPHIR L1A2 brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/SAPHIR/W_XX-EUMETSAT-Darmstadt,SOUNDING+SATELLITE,MEGHA-TROPIQUES+
          SAPHIR_C_EUMP_??????????????_?????_?????_?_??_L1A2.bin.bz2 (Megha-Tropiques) (BUFR)
      • AMSR2 L1B brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/AMSR2/AMSR2-MBT-89A_v2r0_GW1_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (chn 89 A-horn) (GCOM-W) (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/AMSR2/AMSR2-MBT-89B_v2r0_GW1_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (chn 89 B-horn) (GCOM-W) (BUFR)
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/AMSR2/AMSR2-MBT-LR_v2r0_GW1_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (chn 6-36) (GCOM-W) (BUFR)
      • METOP/IASI 616 channel every field-of-view 1c regional direct broadcast radiances pulled from UW/SSEC server ftp.ssec.wisc.edu via via anonymous user-access
        • files /santek/DB_BUFR/ALL/IASI_xxx_1C_M01_??????????????Z_??????????????Z_V_T_??????????????Z.bufr [METOP-1(B)] (BUFR)
        • files /santek/DB_BUFR/ALL/IASI_xxx_1C_M02_??????????????Z_??????????????Z_V_T_??????????????Z.bufr [METOP-2(A)] (BUFR)

    • NESDIS/POES AVHRR/GAC data (for ingest schedule see "avhrr" in Table 1)
      • METOP-2(A) every field-of-view GAC brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
      • NOAA-18 every field-of-view GAC brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account

    • NASA/TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) data (for ingest schedule see “tmi” in Table 1)
      • TMI (TRMM Microwave Imager) rainfall data pulled from NASA trmmrt.gsfc.nasa.gov server via user-access account
        • files /TRMMRT/data/files/2A12.????-??-??T??-??-??Z.7.rt.gz (TRMM) (HDF format) (no longer produced after 4-8-15) 

    • POES SST data (for ingest schedule see "poes_sst" in Table 1)

    • GOES-sea-surface temperature data  (for ingest schedule see "goes_sst" in Table 1)
      • NESDIS-generated 24-hour average sea-surface temperature retrievals pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account

    • NESDIS/POES, METOP-2 and AURA orbital ozone data (for ingest schedule see “ozone_orbit” in Table 1)
      • Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV-2) nadir profile ozone data in Version 8 BUFR pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files (DDS) /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMFV8.N17.D?????.S????.E????.?????? (NOAA-17) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 4-10-13) 
        • files (DDS) /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMFV8.N16.D?????.S????.E????.?????? (NOAA-16) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 6-9-14) 
        • files (DDS) /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMFV8.N18.D?????.S????.E????.?????? (NOAA-18) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 12-12-12) 
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/OZONE/PRD.OZONE.PMFV8.N19.D?????.S????.E????.?????? (NOAA-19) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME-2) ozone data pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/OZONE/GOME_M02_8TO3_??????????????Z_??????????????Z.BUFR [METOP-2(A)] (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/OZONE/GOME_M01_8TO3_??????????????Z_??????????????Z.BUFR [METOP-1(B)] (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) ozone data pulled from NESDIS eosb1.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files omi/OMTO3/OMI-Aura_L2-OMTO3_????m????t????-o?????_v883-????m????t??????.he5 (AURA) (HDF5 format)
      • Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) ozone data pulled from NASA discnrt1.ecs.nasa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files data/Aura_NRT/ML2O3_NRT.002/Recent/MLS-Aura_L2GP-O3_v03-43-NRT-07-c01_????d???t????.he5 (AURA) (HDF5 format) (ingest temporarity stopped 1-31-17)

    • NESDIS/POES daily ozone data (for ingest schedule see "ozone14" in Table 1)
      • NOAA-18 Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV-2) nadir profile ozone data in Version 8 BUFR pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • file /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMF.N18.BUFR (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 12-12-12) 
      • NOAA-16 Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV-2) nadir profile ozone data in Version 8 BUFR pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • file /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMF.N16.BUFR (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 6-9-14) 
      • NOAA-17 Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV-2) nadir profile ozone data in Version 8 BUFR pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • file /pull/PRD.OZONE.PMF.N17.BUFR (BUFR, NCEP-flavored) (no longer produced after 4-10-13) 
      • NOAA-19 Solar Backscatter UltraViolet (SBUV-2) nadir profile ozone data in Version 8 BUFR pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account

    • Aerosol, Green Vegetation Fraction, smoke and dust data
      • NESDIS weekly real-time 0.144-degree AVHRR Global (Green) Vegetation Fraction (GVF) field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(1)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/NPR.VGWG.NN.D?????.GRIBF (NOAA-18) (GRIB
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/NPR.VGWG.NP.D?????.GRIBF (NOAA-19) (GRIB
      • NESDIS weekly real-time 4 km VIIRS Global (Green) Vegetation Fraction (GVF) field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(7)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/GRIB/GVF-WKL-GLB_v1r0_npp_s????????_e????????_c???????????????.grib2 (S-NPP) (GRIB2
      • MODIS aerosol optical depth data pulled from NESDIS R10 Gateway data server via ftp account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files /MODIS/AOD/Aqua_AOD_BUFR.???????.???? (AQUA) [BUFR, NCEP-flavored (raw files in HDF, converted to BUFR by NESDIS)]
        • files /MODIS/AOD/Terra_AOD_BUFR.???????.???? (TERRA) [BUFR, NCEP-flavored (raw files in HDF, converted to BUFR by NESDIS)]
      • NESDIS GOES-E Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm smoke-specific aerosol optical depth and total aerosol concentration pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/G13.????????????.all.aod_conc.NAM3.grd (GOES-13) (GRIB1(no longer produced after 01-08-18) 
      • NESDIS GOES-E Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm smoke-specific aerosol optical depth and smoke concentration pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/BIN/G13.??????????.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.dat (GOES-13) (BINARY) (no longer produced after 01-08-18) 
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/G13.??????????.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.grd (GOES-13) (GRIB1(no longer produced after 01-08-18) 
      • NESDIS GOES-W Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm smoke-specific aerosol optical depth and total aerosol concentration pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/GW.????????????.all.aod_conc.NAM3.grd (GOES-15) (GRIB1)
      • NESDIS GOES-W Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm smoke-specific aerosol optical depth and smoke concentration pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/GW.??????????.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.grd (GOES-15) (GRIB1)
      • NESDIS GOES-W Hawaii Automated Smoke Detection and Tracking Algorithm smoke-specific aerosol optical depth and smoke concentration pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(5)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/GWHI.??????????.2smoke.combaod.hmshysplitcomb2.NAM3.grd (GOES-15) (GRIB1)
      • NESDIS PRELIMINARY Hazard Mapping System HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model fire/smoke information pulled from NESDIS PDA server  via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(3)" in Table 1]
        • PDAFileLinks/PULL/ASCII/hmshysplit????????.prelim.txt (ASCII)
      • NESDIS FINAL Hazard Mapping System HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model fire/smoke information pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(4)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/ASCII/hmshysplit????????.txt (ASCII)
      • NESDIS MODIS dust mask product pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(6)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/MYDdust.aod_conc.v6.3.4.????????.hr??.grib (GRIB1)
      • Burned area product pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account  [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/burned_area_????????_??_??_1km.grib2.gz (1 km) (GRIB2)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/burned_area_????????_??_??_12km.grib2.gz (12 km) (GRIB2)
      • Blended global biomass burning emissions product pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(7)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/NETCDF/GBBEPx.emis_bc.*.????????.nc (black carbon species) (NetCDF)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/NETCDF/GBBEPx.emis_oc.*.????????.nc (organic carbon species) (NetCDF)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/NETCDF/GBBEPx.emis_so2.*.????????.nc (sulfur dioxide species) (NetCDF)
      • Global geostationary satellite composite mosaic imagery pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account [for ingest schedule see "aerosol(2)" in Table 1]
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/MCIDAS/GLOBCOMPLIR.?????????? (long-wave IR channels) (McIDAS)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/MCIDAS/GLOBCOMPSIR.?????????? (short-wave IR channels) (McIDAS)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/MCIDAS/GLOBCOMPVIS.?????????? (visible channels) (McIDAS)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/MCIDAS/GLOBCOMPSSR.?????????? (satellite resources metadata) (McIDAS)
    • Daily snow and ice analyses (for ingest schedule see "snow" in Table 1)
      • NESDIS IMS 16'th mesh (or 1/16 'th Bedient, or 24 km) global snow-cover/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (later converted to GRIB1, GRIB1 file copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/ASCII/NIC.IMS_v3_???????00_24km.asc.gz (ASCII)
      • NESDIS IMS 96'th mesh (or 1/96'th Bedient, or 4 km ) global snow-cover/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (later converted to GRIB1, GRIB1 file copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/ASCII/NIC.IMS_v3_???????00_4km.asc.gz (ASCII)
      • USAF 8'th mesh (or 1/8 'th Bedient, or 48 km) Northern Hemisphere snow-depth/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (later converted to GRIB1, both this file and GRIB1 file are copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/BIN/PRD.SPPROD.SNODEPH.NHMAMAP.D????? (binary)
      • USAF 8'th mesh (or 1/8 'th Bedient, or 48 km) Southern Hemisphere snow-depth/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (this file copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/BIN/PRD.SPPROD.SNODEPH.SHMAMAP.D????? (binary)
      • NESDIS 4 km Southern Hemisphere "autosnow" (yes/no) snow cover product field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (file copied forward to the new day, normally always 1-day behind)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/SH4km_autosnow_????????.grb (GRIB2)
      • USAF 16'th mesh (or 1/16 'th Bedient, or 24 km) Northern Hemisphere snow-depth/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (file copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/NPR.SNWN.SP.D?????.S1200.MESH16 (GRIB1)
      • USAF 16'th mesh (or 1/16 'th Bedient, or 24 km) Southern Hemisphere snow-depth/sea-ice field pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account (file copied forward to the new day until a new file is present for the new day)
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/NPR.SNWS.SP.D?????.S1200.MESH16 (GRIB1)
    • NESDIS daily sea-surface temperature analyses (for ingest schedule see "sstfld" in Table 1)

    • Daily global 0.5 degree and T382 and snow depth analysis (GRIB) [Note: This is not an ingest job.  It creates this product from snow files that are ingested (see above).] (for schedule see "snowgrib" in Table 1)  
    • Cloud analyses (for ingest schedule see "cloud" in Table 1)
      • AFWA (Air Force Weather Agency) Northern Hemisphere cloud cover analyses pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files /pull/NPR.CLON.SP.D?????.S????  (GRIB) (file no longer available from NESDIS after 6-30-17)
      • AFWA (Air Force Weather Agency) Southern Hemisphere cloud cover analyses pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files /pull/NPR.CLOS.SP.D?????.S????  (GRIB) (file no longer available from NESDIS after 6-30-17)
      • CLAVR (Clouds from AVHRR) analyses for 00, 06, 12 and 18Z pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/PULL/GRIB/clavrx_??_??_?_????_???.cell.hdf  (GRIB)
    • GOES IR imager data (for ingest schedule see "goes_ir" in Table 1)
      • GOES-15 11 micron channel (chn. 4) IR from the 3-axis stabilized GOES imager pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files /pull/GIM.G15.D?????.S????.T????.????????.???????? (no longer produced after 10-20-15) 
      • GOES-13 11 micron channel (chn. 4) IR from the 3-axis stabilized GOES imager pulled from NESDIS dds.nesdis.noaa.gov machine via user-access account
        • files /pull/GIM.G13.D?????.S????.T????.????????.???????? (no longer produced after 10-20-15) 
    • S-NPP and NOAA-20 radiance and ozone (global satellite broadcast, and regional direct broadcast from UW/SSEC) data (for ingest schedule see "npp" in Table 1)
      • ATMS brightness temperatures pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-acess account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/ATMS/ATMS_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • FUTURE ==> files PDAFileLinks/NDE/ATMS/ATMS_v1r0_j01_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (NOAA-20) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • CrIS apodized radiances (399 channels) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/NUCAPS/NUCAPS-C0399_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • CrIS full spectral radiances (431 channel subset) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/NUCAPS/NUCAPS-C0431_v2r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • FUTURE ==> files PDAFileLinks/NDE/NUCAPS/NUCAPS-C0431_v2r0_j01_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (NOAA-20) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • OMPS Total Column Ozone (version 6) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-TC_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored(no longer processed after 12-21-17) 
      • OMPS Total Column Ozone (version 8) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-TC_v2r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • FUTURE ==> files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-TC_v2r0_j01_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (NOAA-20) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • OMPS Nadir Profile Ozone (version 6) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-NP_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored(no longer processed after 12-21-17)
      • OMPS Nadir Profile Ozone (version 8) pulled from NESDIS PDA server via user-access account
        • files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-NP_v2r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (S-NPP) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
        • FUTURE ==> files PDAFileLinks/NDE/OMPS/OMPS-NP_v2r0_j01_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.bufr (NOAA-20) (BUFR, NCEP-flavored)
      • ATMS regional direct broadcast brightness temperatures pulled from UW/SSEC server ftp.ssec.wisc.edu via via anonymous user-access
        • files /santek/DB_BUFR/ALL/ATMS_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.DB.bufr (BUFR)
      • CrIS regional direct broadcast radiances pulled from UW/SSEC server ftp.ssec.wisc.edu via via anonymous user-access
        • files /santek/DB_BUFR/ALL/NUCAPS-C0399_v1r0_npp_s???????????????_e???????????????_c???????????????.DB.bufr (BUFR)
    The following non-satellite types are processed in a manner similar to the satellite ingest:
    • Hourly precipitation data from Office of Hydrology's HADS system (for ingest schedule see "shf" in Table 1) (SHEF)
    • 24-hour precipitation data from Office of Hydrology's HADS system (for ingest schedule see "shef" in Table 1) (SHEF)
    • NEXRAD WSR-88D radial wind data  (for ingest schedule see "radwnd" in Table 1)

    NCO also maintains a Satellite Ingest web page - click here.