Instrument: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Dataset: 
MBRS SST 2003-2015: MUR
Instrument: 
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Instrument Short Name: AVHRR
Community Standard Description
(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).

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Dataset-specific description

One of several instruments used by NASA to produce sea surface temperature data products.