Table 1 Parameters and variations of the Advanced Very High Resolution sensor and timeline for satellites carrying the sensor41.
From: A Study of the North Water Polynya Ice Arch using Four Decades of Satellite Data
AVHRR1/2/3 Parameters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Channel | Nadir Resolution | Wavelength (um) | Channel | Nadir Resolution | Wavelength (um) |
1 | 1.1 km | 0.58–0.68 | 3B | 1.1 km | 3.55–3.93 |
2 | 1.1 km | 0.725–1.00 | 4 | 1.1 km | 10.30–11.30 |
3 A | 1.1 km | 1.58–1.64 | 5 | 1.1 km | 11.50–12.50 |
AVHRR Equipped Satellites | |||||
Satellite | Launched | End of Mission | Satellite | Launched | End of Mission |
TIROS-N | Oct 1978 | Feb 1981 | NOAA-14 | Dec 1994 | Oct 2001 |
NOAA-6 | Jun 1979 | Nov 1986 | NOAA-15** | May 1998 | — |
NOAA-7 | Jun 1981 | Jun 1986 | NOAA-16 | Sep 2000 | Jun 2014 |
NOAA-8 | Mar 1983 | Oct 1985 | NOAA-17*** | Jun 2002 | Apr 2013 |
NOAA-9 | Mar 1984 | Nov 1995 | NOAA-18 | May 2005 | — |
NOAA-10 | Sep 1986 | Oct 2000 | MetOp -A | Oct 2006 | — |
NOAA-11 | Sep 1988 | Sep 1994 | NOAA-19 | Feb 2009 | — |
NOAA-12 | May 1991 | Aug 2007 | MetOp -B | Sep 2012 | — |
NOAA-13* | Aug 1993 | Aug 1993 | MetOp -C | Nov 2018 | — |
