Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR

Since the launch of the first of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRRs) in 1978 the data from these instruments has used for a wide range of non-meteorological applications. In this book the author describes satellite system AVHRRs control of the spacecraft and data- recovery arrangements. The book covers processing of the data to extract useful environmental information. The applications of the data to marine problems based primarily on the study of sea-surface temperatures from the thermal-infrared channels of the instrument are considered as well as the study of vegetation and a whole variety of other land-based and hydrological applications.