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NOAA/POES MEPED Data Documentation: NOAA-5 to NOAA-14 Data Reprocessed at GSFC/SPDF  Lun C. Tan1, Shing F. Fung, and Xi Shao2 Space Physics Data Facility, Code 672, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 1 Perot Systems Government Solutions, Greenbelt, MD 20771 2 Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Abstract The energetic particle data recorded by the NOAA/POES MEPED sensor have been reprocessed at GSFC/SPDF for the purpose of enhancing value-added products. The time resolution of data is reduced to one minute. In each one-minute period, perpendicular-to-magnetic field flux and omnidirectional flux of trapped particles have been calculated. In addition, drift shell parameters of trapped particles for four pre-selected magnetic field models (IGRF only, IGRF plus Tsyganenko T89, T96, and T01 models) have also been added. So far we have reprocessed the NOAA-5 to NOAA-14 data, which are archived in the SPDF/CDAWeb for public access. 1. Introduction The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) (formerly known as TIROS for Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite) carries the Medium Energy Proton and Electron Detector (MEPED) sensor to measure energetic protons and electrons. Before NOAA-15 the technical documentation of NOAA/POES MEPED data is in Raben et al. [1995]. Beginning from NOAA-15 MEPED sensor has been upgraded with significantly different detector configuration, leading to a complete revision of data processing and archiving processes. The new NOAA/POES MEPED instrument description and archived data documentation can be found in Evans and Greer [2000]. The NOAA/POES MEPED sensor detects and monitors the influx of energetic protons and electrons into the atmosphere and the particle radiation environment at the altitude of NOAA satellites (~850 km). Since both phenomena vary as a result of solar and geomagnetic activity, the NOAA/POES MEP