The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3) is one of the complement of American instruments provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to fly on MetOp-A, B and C.

The AVHRR/3 scans the Earth surface in six spectral bands in the range of 0.58 - 12.5 microns. It provides day and night imaging of land, water and clouds, measures sea surface temperature, ice, snow and vegetation cover. [ref: www.esa.int]

The AVHRR-3 data stored at the NEODC are freely available to registered NEODC users, who are obliged to respect EUMETSAT's copyright into the archived data and products. For further information visit the EUMETSAT website.

1. Register as a NEODC user. If you already are a NEODC registered user, skip this step. If you have forgotten your NEODC user ID and/or password, please contact the NEODC helpdesk at neodc@rl.ac.uk.
2. Apply for access to the AVHRR-3 data. Application involves the agreement with the AVHRR-3 Conditions of Use

The data archived at the NEODC is received from Eumetsat and currently includes

• AVHRR-3 L1B data in EPS native format

Data can be viewed and downloaded from the AVHRR-3 archive. The Eumetsat website provides tools and documentation to help you use and understand the data (please see Links below).

Software is available, free of charge, which may assist you in viewing data from the AVHRR-3 instrument:

Documentation

• NEODC Conditions of Use of AVHRR-3 data.
• Eumetsat archive data policy
• AVHRR-3 products guide

Links

• The EUMETSAT website.
• The AVHRR-3 page at ESA.
• The BEAM software information and download.

For any enquiries concerning the AVHRR-3 data held at the NEODC please contact the NEODC helpdesk