The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3 (AVHRR/3) onboard MetOp-C is a cross track scanner that senses the Earth's radiation via six channels ranging from 0.58 to 12.5 microns. These channels cover the visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR), shortwave-infrared (SWIR), medium-wave-infrared (MWIR), and thermal-infrared (TIR) spectral regions. AVHRR/3 provides day and night imaging of land, water and clouds, and measures sea surface temperature, ice, snow and vegetation cover. The MetOp-C/AVHRR polar wind product provide high-latitude wind field data by tracking cloud and water vapor features detected in the infrared window and water vapor bands. This product covers the high-latitude regions (Arctic and Antarctica) poleward of about 65 degrees latitude at a resolution of 1 km. The data are produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and are distributed by the Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS) as full orbit 101 minute files in the netCDF-4 file format with attributes included.
About this Dataset
| Title | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Level 2 Enterprise Polar Winds |
|---|---|
| Description | The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3 (AVHRR/3) onboard MetOp-C is a cross track scanner that senses the Earth's radiation via six channels ranging from 0.58 to 12.5 microns. These channels cover the visible (VIS), near-infrared (NIR), shortwave-infrared (SWIR), medium-wave-infrared (MWIR), and thermal-infrared (TIR) spectral regions. AVHRR/3 provides day and night imaging of land, water and clouds, and measures sea surface temperature, ice, snow and vegetation cover. The MetOp-C/AVHRR polar wind product provide high-latitude wind field data by tracking cloud and water vapor features detected in the infrared window and water vapor bands. This product covers the high-latitude regions (Arctic and Antarctica) poleward of about 65 degrees latitude at a resolution of 1 km. The data are produced by the NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and are distributed by the Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS) as full orbit 101 minute files in the netCDF-4 file format with attributes included. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:30:23.236Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
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| Keywords | Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds , Geographic Region > Global , NOAA OneStop Project , Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Spectrometers/Radiometers > Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers > AVHRR-3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 , Earth Observation Satellites > METOP > METOP-C > Meteorological Operational Satellite - C , 1 km HTML Markup Was Removed , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , gov.noaa.class:WINDS , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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