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Clouds from AVHRR (CLAVR-x / PATMOS-x)

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Most recent Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) image of the Eastern United States

The Clouds from AVHRR Extended (CLAVR-x) is NOAA's operational cloud processing system for the AVHRR on the NOAA - POES and EUMETSAT-METOP series of satellites.   The AVHRR Pathfinder Atmospheres (PATMOS-x) is a climate processing system (1981-2007) based on CLAVR-x.

While more advanced imagers are already flying, AVHRR remains an important source of remote sensing data.   In addition, only the AVHRR offers a data-record that spans over twenty five years making it a critical data-set for decadal climate studies.

The scientific development of CLAVR-x / PATMOS-x is led by Andrew Heidinger.  Critical and continuing developments have been and are being provided by Michael Pavolonis (NOAA) and Aleksander Jelenak (UCAR).   

 The operational implementation of CLAVR-x is headed by Gilberto Vicente of NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD and requests for access to operational data should be placed with him.


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