Simpson Weather Associates has generated a 30 day orbit file of the NPOESS/OP mission. The orbit information starts at 0 degree latitude, 0 degree longtitude and is in 1 second increments. Terrain information is also included based on a 1 degree by 1 degree global terrain database.

The following is a list of the contents of a single data record of the file.

		

 elapsed time 					 	(s)		real

 latitude of satellite					(deg)		real

 longitude of satellite					(deg)		real

 terrain altitude (above or below MSL) of product  	(m)		real

 terrain indicator E - land elevation D - ocean depth			character