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AVHRR Imagery The primary focus of this site is the near real-time presentation of   sea surface temperature imagery for research and educational purposes. The Satellite Communications Facility at the Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory regularly receives and the Ocean Remote Sensing Group records and processes imagery from the Advanced High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA polar-orbiting satellites. For a discussion of the computation of sea surface temperature, please consult our primer (HTML) or (PDF) We present here sample images of forest fires and hurricanes from AVHRR Imagery. The real-time positions of the NOAA polar orbiting satellites are provided by NASA, Current information about the status of the NOAA satellites can be found at NOAASIS. If you are new to this site, we suggest you take a little time to visit our Image Gallery. It provides a taste of the the type of information and imagery it is possible to retrieve from the AVHRR. The imagery are divided by region. If you find these images useful please share your interests by e-mailing to Frank Monaldo at  Frank.Monaldo@jhuapl.edu.  Check out our growing archive of composite sea surface temperature images. In the near future, we hope to have all the composite data in our inventory on line as far back as 1996. Click here for a listing of passes within +/- three days of the current time. Welcome, Frank Monaldo Note: For information about images contained in the Image Gallery contact R. Sterner at r.sterner@jhuapl.edu.     Hits since 1996 June 20 19:20 GMT Frank_Monaldo@jhuapl.edu