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AVHRR Imagery

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VORTEX

Summary

Two NOAA polar orbiting satellites carried the AVHRR sensor during VORTEX. AVHRR has five spectral channels in the visible, near-infrared and infrared. Data consists of 1 km resolution HRPT or LAC and 4 km resolution GAC imagery over a 1600 km swath. Up to 4 overpasses of the VORTEX region occur daily.

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This dataset is not currently available online. For more information, please email the primary point of contact.

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/4.32
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Related projects	VORTEX: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 94
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	NOAA POES
Instruments	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE VISIBLE RADIANCE Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: EOL VORTEX 1994 website

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1994-04-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1994-06-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -102.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -95.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.