ORCAS: NOAA POES AVHRR Visible and Infrared Data
Summary
This data set contains the 1 km resolution visible and infrared channel data from the NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument on the NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 satellites during the ORCAS (The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean Study) Project. The *_ucar files are of most use for ORCAS. These data are daily tar files that contain data files in the Terrascan Data Format (TDF).
Data access
- ORDER data to made available for download
Additional information
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| Data Quality | final |
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| Spatial Type | grid |
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| Language | English |
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 |
| End datetime | 2016-03-01 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
-40.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
-77.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-100.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-42.00
Primary point of contact information
Greg Stossmeister <gstoss@ucar.edu>
Additional contact information
Citation
United States Antarctic Program - USAP. 2016. ORCAS: NOAA POES AVHRR Visible and Infrared Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/PGVM-VMB5-3J11. Accessed 09 Dec 2025.
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