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MICROWAVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER [4 records]

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Record 1 2003-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

The Megha-Tropiques satellite is devoted to the study of the atmospheric water cycle in the tropics and its relation to the radiative budget.... The three instruments of the mission are a microwave imager, a microwave water vapour sounder and a radiative budget instrument.

CONT

The SSM/T-2 is the first operational microwave water vapor sounder to be placed in orbit. It is a scanning, five channel, passive and total power microwave radiometer system. The SSM/T-2 consists of five channels: three water vapor channels centered around the 183.31 GHz water vapor line, a 91 GHz channel, and a 150 GHz channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Remote Sensing
  • Radio Waves
OBS

A microwave nadir sounder... can be used to derive atmospheric parameters like water vapor, temperature, and surface emissivity. [It] has window channels which can be used for the retrieval of surface characteristics, temperature sounding channels around 54 GHz oxygen line(temperature profiling), and water vapor sounding channels around 183. 31 GHz water vapor line(water vapor profiling).

Key term(s)
  • two frequency microwave nadir sounder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Télédétection
  • Ondes radioélectriques

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

The MBCTS was chosen to be suitable for the Advanced Microwave Atmospheric Sounder(AMAS), a European instrument, which is currently in the breadboarding phase and is planned to be flown in 1999.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Physique de l'atmosphère

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

European countries have already acquired a leading position in this type of instrumentation, where technology is advancing at a rapid pace : a microwave limb sounder has been flown aboard the UARS satellite; a microwave atmospheric sounder has operated aboard the space shuttle and the Odin aeronomy and astronomy satellite will fly shortly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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