NOAA HRPT and TOVS data archived at MSC of JMA

NOAA's operational polar orbiting satellite TIROS-N/NOAA series HRPT data has been received at the Meteorological Satellite Center (MSC), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Since March 1987, HRPT data for previously orbited NOAA satellites of two NOAA series satellites have been available on cassette magnetic tapes. Since then, Japan Weather Association (JWA) has been distributing duplicate HRPT magnetic tapes generated from the cassette magnetic tapes for users on a non-real time basis. MSC/JWA has been processing TOVS data and NOAA SST data. They have also been archiving these datasets. Types of Data: Monitored picture - 3 months retention period Digital data - cassette tapes, 2 years retention period Extracted data TOVS - magnetic tape, 10 years retention period Extracted data NOAA surface temperature data - magnetic tape, 10 years retention Contour charts NOAA sea surface temperature - charts, 5 years retention