AVHRR Global 1K = Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Mosaics 1995 - 1996

The global land 1-km data set project represents an international effort to acquire, archive, process, and distribute 1-km AVHRR data of the entire global land surface in order to meet the needs of the international science community. A network of 29 high resolution picture transmission (HRPT) stations, along with data recorded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), acquired daily global land coverage from 1 April, 1992 through September 30, 1993, with the project subsequently extended through 1996. The six major participants (NOAA, ESA, USGS, NASA, CSIRO, and SMC) coordinate HRPT receiving stations to acquire and compile the data set. NOAA coordinates two HRPT receiving stations, Gilmore Creek, Alaska and Wallops Island, Virginia, and schedules the satellite's recorders to obtain local area coverage (LAC) AVHRR 1-km data over areas not covered by the other HRPT receiving stations.

This collection of over 40,000 AVHRR images has been archived and made available for distribution by the United States Geological Survey, EROS Center and the European Space Agency.