CoastWatch Status Tool Help: Online data

The online data panel shows details for the current satellite datasets on the server:

The following information is displayed:

Satellite
The satellite name. Satellite names are short abbreviations given by the agency responsible for launching the satellite.
Sensor
The satellite sensor. Most satellites have multiple sensors on board, each with a different observational purpose.
Date and Time
The date and time of the satellite data referenced from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The date format is given as YYYY/MM/DD and time as 24-hour HH:MM.
Scene
The scene time. This indicates that the data coverage is either fully daytime, fully nighttime, or mixed day and night if the data spans the solar terminator.
Orbit
The orbit type. This indicates that the satellite was travelling northward (ascending) or southward (descending) while the data was observed.
Lines
The number of data lines (rows) which indicates the pass duration for polar orbiting satellites.
Station
The ground capture station responsible for receiving the satellite data.

You can select a dataset of interest by clicking a line in the table. Once selected, the data coverage and preview displays change to show the characteristics of the new dataset. The table contents may be re-sorted based on a specific column by clicking on the column header. The table is originally sorted by date.

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