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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
79-11Satellite Imaging and Sensing
As previously mentioned, NOAA’s AVHRR is primarily used for atmospheric applications but is also
ut
ilized
fo
r
la
nd
su
rface
ap
plications
. Ha
ving
a ne
ar-polar,
su
n-synchronous
or
bit
(a
t
83
3
km ab
ove
th
e
Ea
rth’s
su
rface),
th
e
AV
HRR
in
strument
pr
ovides
gl
obal
da
ta
wi
th
a 1.1 km sp
atial
re
solution
at na
dir,
an
d
in
cludes
v
e
ba
nds,
wi
th
da
ily
or tw
ice-daily
(f
or
th
ermal-IR)
co
verage
. Si
nce
19
78,
AV
HRR
da
ta
ar
e
av
ailable
at fu
ll
re
solution
(c
alled
Lo
cal
Ar
ea
Co
verage
[L
AC])
or su
bsampled
to 4 km (k
nown
as
Gl
obal
Ar
ea
Co
verage
[G
AC])
. Be
cause
of it
s
hi
gh
te
mporal
re
solution,
th
e
AV
HRR
in
strument
is ve
ry
us
eful
in ap
plications
su
ch
as o
od,
sto
rm,
or r
e
mo
nitoring,
as we
ll
as vo
lcanic
er
uption
. Be
cause
of
its GA
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