Appendix A

List of Available Matchup Files

This appendix lists all the matchup files available to date. Other sections of this documentation include descriptions of file naming convention and contents of each file. To minimize file size in order to facilitate electronic transfer, matchup files are produced separately for each year, month and satellite.

How to Get a Copy of the Matchup Files: The matchup files can be obtained from the AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For more information go to URL http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/sst, or contact Dr. Jorge Vazquez (e-mail: jv@pacific.jpl.nasa.gov).

The table below provides links to other tables listing available matchup files. Each of the individual tables list the year and month (listed as YYMM in Column 1) and satellite (Column 2), the matchup files (file name is in Column 3) available at present, their approximate size in megabytes (Column 4), and the number of records in each file (Column 5, first number). The total number of records does not include a header with variable names, therefore the actual number of lines in a file is the number shown in the table plus one. The second number in Column 5 (shown in parentheses) indicates the number of records that passed the cloud flagging tests. This listing will be updated as new matchup files become available (for instance, NOAA-7 matchups will be added in the near future).

Links to Tables of Available Matchup Files
NOAA-7 NOAA-9 NOAA-11 NOAA-9 Gap NOAA-14
1981 1985 1988 1994 1995
1982 1986 1989 1995 1996
1983 1987 1990 1997
1984 1988 1991 1998
1992 1999
1993
1994


NOAA-9 1985

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8501 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8501.matchups.jpl 2.3 1935 (258)
8502 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8502.matchups.jpl 1.8 1513 (196)
8503 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8503.matchups.jpl 3.5 2907 (480)
8504 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8504.matchups.jpl 3.7 3102 (333)
8505 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8505.matchups.jpl 3.8 3178 (355)
8506 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8506.matchups.jpl 4.2 3445 (363)
8507 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8507.matchups.jpl 4.3 3570 (268)
8508 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8508.matchups.jpl 5.0 4162 (408)
8509 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8509.matchups.jpl 5.0 4102 (432)
8510 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8510.matchups.jpl 4.5 3729 (419)
8511 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8511.matchups.jpl 3.1 2549 (353)
8512 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8512.matchups.jpl 3.9 3287 (363)


NOAA-9 1986

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8601 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8601.matchups.jpl 4.0 3307(393)
8602 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8602.matchups.jpl 3.8 3133 (466)
8603 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8603.matchups.jpl 5.2 4294 (587)
8604 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8604.matchups.jpl 5.5 4601 (605)
8605 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8605.matchups.jpl 5.8 4774 (637)
8606 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8606.matchups.jpl 6.4 5279 (510)
8607 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8607.matchups.jpl 6.2 5149 (509)
8608 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8608.matchups.jpl 6.9 5701 (546)
8609 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8609.matchups.jpl 6.3 5185 (594)
8610 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8610.matchups.jpl 6.3 5221 (551)
8611 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8611.matchups.jpl 5.6 4639 (537)
8612 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8612.matchups.jpl 5.1 4251 (528)


NOAA-9 1987

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8701 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8701.matchups.jpl 6.1 5019 (666)
8702 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8702.matchups.jpl 4.9 4026 (536)
8703 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8703.matchups.jpl 5.1 4269 (611)
8704 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8704.matchups.jpl 5.3 4413 (501)
8705 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8705.matchups.jpl 6.8 5620 (534)
8706 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8706.matchups.jpl 7.0 5765 (535)
8707 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8707.matchups.jpl 6.6 5441 (512)
8708 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8708.matchups.jpl 6.9 5714 (566)
8709 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8709.matchups.jpl 6.2 5121 (502)
8710 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8710.matchups.jpl 6.3 5203 (531)
8711 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8711.matchups.jpl 5.1 4205 (456)
8712 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8712.matchups.jpl 3.5 2925 (367)


NOAA-9 1988

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8801 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8801.matchups.jpl 5.3 4418 (486)
8802 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8802.matchups.jpl 4.7 3930 (564)
8803 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8803.matchups.jpl 5.1 4196 (643)
8804 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8804.matchups.jpl 5.1 4237 (472)
8805 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8805.matchups.jpl 6.0 4993 (610)
8806 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8806.matchups.jpl 6.3 5202 (592)
8807 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8807.matchups.jpl 6.2 5054 (533)
8808 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8808.matchups.jpl 6.4 5248 (536)
8809 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8809.matchups.jpl 6.1 5049 (485)
8810 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8810.matchups.jpl 5.9 4882 (556)
8811 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_8811.matchups.jpl 1.3 1056 (129)


NOAA-11 1988

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8811 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8811.matchups.jpl 4.4 3546 (527)
8812 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8812.matchups.jpl 5.2 4214 (564)


NOAA-11 1989

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
8901 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8901.matchups.jpl 6.5 5264 (864)
8902 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8902.matchups.jpl 5.4 4375 (661)
8903 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8903.matchups.jpl 5.8 4659 (683)
8904 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8904.matchups.jpl 5.8 4684 (741)
8905 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8905.matchups.jpl 7.2 5864 (819)
8906 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8906.matchups.jpl 7.1 5789 (593)
8907 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8907.matchups.jpl 6.1 4888 (486)
8908 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8908.matchups.jpl 5.8 4641 (482)
8909 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8909.matchups.jpl 5.3 4266 (473)
8910 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8910.matchups.jpl 5.4 4380 (583)
8911 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8911.matchups.jpl 4.2 3428 (512)
8912 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_8912.matchups.jpl 4.0 3226 (512)


NOAA-11 1990

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9001 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9001.matchups.jpl 5.8 4698 (676)
9002 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9002.matchups.jpl 5.5 4400 (631)
9003 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9003.matchups.jpl 6.6 5330 (662)
9004 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9004.matchups.jpl 6.4 5191 (666)
9005 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9005.matchups.jpl 7.1 5747 (652)
9006 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9006.matchups.jpl 8.0 6468 (689)
9007 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9007.matchups.jpl 8.8 7036 (752)
9008 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9008.matchups.jpl 9.1 7300 (830)
9009 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9009.matchups.jpl 9.0 7186 (823)
9010 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9010.matchups.jpl 9.2 7417 (1008)
9011 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9011.matchups.jpl 7.9 6384 (857)
9012 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9012.matchups.jpl 7.3 5918 (848)


NOAA-11 1991

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9101 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9101.matchups.jpl 7.6 6167 (836)
9102 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9102.matchups.jpl 7.1 5728 (754)
9103 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9103.matchups.jpl 8.2 6642 (939)
9104 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9104.matchups.jpl 9.7 7843 (980)
9105 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9105.matchups.jpl 10.7 8727 (962)
9106 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9106.matchups.jpl 9.7 7890 (878)
9107 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9107.matchups.jpl 8.7 7048 (775)
9108 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9108.matchups.jpl 10.1 8158 (1010)
9109 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9109.matchups.jpl 10.5 8460 (1220)
9110 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9110.matchups.jpl 9.9 7985 (1118)
9111 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9111.matchups.jpl 9.2 7402 (950)
9112 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9112.matchups.jpl 10.5 8465 (936)


NOAA-11 1992

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9201 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9201.matchups.jpl 12.2 9897 (1338)
9202 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9202.matchups.jpl 12.4 10053 (1299)
9203 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9203.matchups.jpl 13.8 11193 (1354)
9204 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9204.matchups.jpl 13.5 10948 (1361)
9205 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9205.matchups.jpl 16.0 12969 (1393)
9206 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9206.matchups.jpl 15.6 12664 (1418)
9207 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9207.matchups.jpl 17.4 14059 (1760)
9208 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9208.matchups.jpl 17.2 13881 (1859)
9209 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9209.matchups.jpl 18.6 14975 (1800)
9210 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9210.matchups.jpl 19.7 15907 (1830)
9211 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9211.matchups.jpl 17.4 14094 (1622)
9212 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9212.matchups.jpl 19.4 15748 (1827)


NOAA-11 1993

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9301 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9301.matchups.jpl 17.7 14311 (1956)
9302 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9302.matchups.jpl 15.1 12159 (1496)
9303 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9303.matchups.jpl 16.4 13247 (1756)
9304 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9304.matchups.jpl 16.9 13680 (1785)
9305 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9305.matchups.jpl 17.8 14394 (1915)
9306 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9306.matchups.jpl 17.9 14491 (1985)
9307 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9307.matchups.jpl 19.4 15708 (1993)
9308 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9308.matchups.jpl 19.5 15737 (1967)
9309 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9309.matchups.jpl 19.2 15514 (1945)
9310 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9310.matchups.jpl 18.9 15336 (1892)
9311 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9311.matchups.jpl 17.0 13802 (1682)
9312 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9312.matchups.jpl 16.6 13603 (1449)


NOAA-11 1994

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9401 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9401.matchups.jpl 15.6 12735 (1549)
9402 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9402.matchups.jpl 15.8 12867 (1693)
9403 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9403.matchups.jpl 18.1 14795 (1929)
9404 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9404.matchups.jpl 18.4 15056 (1958)
9405 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9405.matchups.jpl 19.7 16089 (2290)
9406 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9406.matchups.jpl 21.1 17225 (2370)
9407 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9407.matchups.jpl 23.6 19235 (2609)
9408 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9408.matchups.jpl 25.8 21031 (3064)
9409 NOAA-11 g_no11_v19.0_9409.matchups.jpl 10.5 8511 (1111)


NOAA-9 Gap 1994

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9409 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9409.matchups.jpl 7.3 6027 (826)
9410 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9410.matchups.jpl 13.1 10804 (1435)
9411 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9411.matchups.jpl 12.0 9892 (1328)
9412 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9412.matchups.jpl 10.1 8407 (995)


NOAA-9 Gap 1995

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9501 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9501.matchups.jpl 7.2 5985 (671)
9502 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9502.matchups.jpl 5.4 4467 (645)
9503 NOAA-9 g_noa9_v19.0_9503.matchups.jpl 0.3 254 (31)


NOAA-14 1995

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9501 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9501.matchups.jpl 0.1 36 (7)
9502 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9502.matchups.jpl 15.9 13172 (1768)
9503 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9503.matchups.jpl 19.0 15778 (2207)
9504 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9504.matchups.jpl 20.9 17361 (2379)
9505 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9505.matchups.jpl 23.6 19663 (2685)
9506 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9506.matchups.jpl 23.2 19307 (2390)
9507 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9507.matchups.jpl 25.5 21069 (2584)
9508 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9508.matchups.jpl 27.4 22668 (3027)
9509 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9509.matchups.jpl 25.5 21125 (2942)
9510 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9510.matchups.jpl 26.7 22095 (2885)
9511 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9511.matchups.jpl 25.2 20924 (2391)
9512 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9512.matchups.jpl 23.1 19201 (2278)


NOAA-14 1996

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9601 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9601.matchups.jpl 26.4 21822 (3119)
9602 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9602.matchups.jpl 24.4 20114 (3029)
9603 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9603.matchups.jpl 27.5 22747 (3577)
9604 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9604.matchups.jpl 27.8 23011 (3695)
9605 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9605.matchups.jpl 28.2 23381 (3519)
9606 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9606.matchups.jpl 30.2 24968 (3283)
9607 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9607.matchups.jpl 30.0 24748 (3186)
9608 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9608.matchups.jpl 31.4 25852 (4001)
9609 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9609.matchups.jpl 27.9 23033 (3201)
9610 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9610.matchups.jpl 25.4 21002 (2867)
9611 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9611.matchups.jpl 19.4 16069 (1999)
9612 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9612.matchups.jpl 17.2 14215 (1984)


NOAA-14 1997

Year and Month AVHRR File Name File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9701 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9701.matchups.jpl 22.7 18712 (2528)
9702 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9702.matchups.jpl 19.6 16196 (2440)
9703 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9703.matchups.jpl 21.4 17663 (2707)
9704 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9704.matchups.jpl 20.4 16868 (2750)
9705 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9705.matchups.jpl 22.4 18558 (2650)
9706 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9706.matchups.jpl 23.5 19385 (2291)
9707 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9707.matchups.jpl 24.9 20536 (2238)
9708 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9708.matchups.jpl 23.4 19289 (2611)
9709 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9709.matchups.jpl 22.6 18648 (2504)
9710 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9710.matchups.jpl 21.8 18060 (2415)
9711 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9711.matchups.jpl 17.0 14051 (1704)
9712 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9712.matchups.jpl 17.1 14145 (1834)


NOAA-14 1998

Year and Month
AVHRR
File Name
File Size
(Mb)
No. of records
9801 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9801.matchups.jpl 20.0 16540 (2015)
9802 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9802.matchups.jpl 19.9 16443 (2510)
9803 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9803.matchups.jpl 24.0 19830 (3114)
9804 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9804.matchups.jpl 24.4 20220 (2951)
9805 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9805.matchups.jpl 20.6 17023 (2328)
9806 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9806.matchups.jpl 28.4 23492 (2981)
9807 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9807.matchups.jpl 28.9 23770 (2971)
9808 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9808.matchups.jpl 29.1 23952 (3252)
9809 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9809.matchups.jpl 26.9 22129 (3066)
9810 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9810.matchups.jpl 26.0 21486 (2990)
9811 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9811.matchups.jpl 23.2 19189 (2530)
9812 NOAA-14 g_no14_v19.0_9812.matchups.jpl 23.3 19284 (2695)


NOAA-14 1999

NOTE: As of this update (June 30 2001) it is unclear if JPL has made these files available already.

Year and Month
AVHRR