Editing NOAA-15 (section)

=== Images ===
[[File:NOAA-15 APT 28 10 2026 1305-1309z.png|thumb|right|Received image from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4Qi8zm-sM NOAA-15 28th October 2026] in comparison to the Earth map]]
On NOAA POES system satellites, the two images are 4 km / pixel smoothed 8-bit images derived from two channels of the advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR) sensor. The images are corrected for nearly constant geometric resolution prior to being broadcast; as such, the images are free of distortion caused by the curvature of the Earth.

Of the two images, one is typically long-wave infrared (10.8 micrometers) with the second switching between near-visible (0.86 micrometers) and mid-wave infrared (3.75 micrometers) depending on whether the ground is illuminated by sunlight. However, NOAA can configure the satellite to transmit any two of the AVHRR's image channels.