Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
Suomi NPP data announcement
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ISS Documents
| Name Sort descending | Description | File Type | Date Published | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Correction using Cloud & Shadow | Atmospheric Correction using Cloud & Shadow | PDF (3.6 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Atmospheric Correction Using Tafkaa | Atmospheric Correction Using Tafkaa | PDF (522.98 kb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| GEDI L4C Gridded User Guide | GEDI L4C Gridded User Guide | PDF (281.48 kb) | Dec. 8, 2025 | |
| HICO Data Distribution at OSU | HICO Data Distribution at OSU | PDF (1.42 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| HICO Data Sets and Products | HICO Data Sets and Products | PDF (11.84 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| HICO data: Life after level 1b | HICO data: Life after level 1b | PDF (11.89 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| HICO Mission Planning and Operations | HICO Mission Planning and Operations | PDF (3.03 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| HICO ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION AND DATA CORRECTIONS | HICO ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION AND DATA CORRECTIONS | PDF (2.85 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) Performance Testing and Calibration HICO User Group (HUG) | Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) Performance Testing and Calibration HICO User Group (HUG) | PDF (1.26 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| ISS RapidScat Fact Sheet | Summary of Facts about the ISS-RapidScat mission. | PDF (963.48 kb) | Sept. 8, 2014 | |
| Ocean Products and Atmospheric Removal in APS | Ocean Products and Atmospheric Removal in APS | PDF (6.05 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Ocean Products Using a Look-Up-Table Approach | Ocean Products Using a Look-Up-Table Approach | PDF (13.66 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Ocean Products Using Multispectral Algorithms | Ocean Products Using Multispectral Algorithms | PDF (2.06 mb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Overview of data processing to Level 1B | Overview of data processing to Level 1B | PDF (541.3 kb) | April 6, 2011 | |
| Overview of the HICO Instrument | Overview of the HICO Instrument | PDF (5.21 mb) | April 6, 2011 |
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Visualize lightning flash locations across several user-selected Lightning Imaging Sensor aboard the International Space Station (ISS LIS) swath data files and other processes.
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Jan. 4, 2018
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March 31, 2026
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