THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Full Name

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/4

Status

No longer considered

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)

Geometry

Cross-track scanning

Instrument Technology

Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Data Format

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)

Category	Parameter
Aerosols	Aerosol Extinction / Backscatter (column/profile)
	Aerosol effective radius (column/profile)
	Aerosol absorption optical depth (column/profile)
Albedo and reflectance	Earth surface albedo
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud type
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Multi-purpose imagery (land)	Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Radiation budget	Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA
	Short-wave Earth surface bi-directional reflectance
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
	Sea-ice thickness
Snow cover, edge and depth	Snow cover
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature
Vegetation	Vegetation type

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Aerosols properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Albedo	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Earth Radiation Budget	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Ocean Colour	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Snow	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records