Instrument: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Instrument Short Name: AVHRR
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/122/)
Instrument Description:

"The AVHRR instrument consists of an array of small sensors that record (as digital numbers) the amount of visible and infrared radiation reflected and (or) emitted from the Earth's surface" (more information).

PI supplied instrument name: AVHRR satelllite
Dataset-specific description