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MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE SOUNDER [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An instrument on board a sun-synchronous satellite measuring radiation from the Earth or clouds, or snow or ice directly beneath the sensor.

CONT

The latest generation of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites, the TIROS-N/NOAA-6 series, have even more highly developed sensing equipment. One of their most advanced instruments is the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder(TOVS), consisting of a high resolution infra-red sounder, to produce temperature and moisture content profiles "in depth"... plus a stratospheric sounding unit and also a microwave sounding unit, to take vertical soundings in cloudy atmospheres.

OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Instrument embarqué sur un satellite héliosynchrone pour mesurer le rayonnement de la Terre ou des nuages, ou de la neige ou de la glace directement sous le capteur.

CONT

Sondeur de profils verticaux de TIROS opérationnel. Ce sondeur du satellite TIROS-N est composé de trois capteurs passifs : - H.I.R.S. («High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder»); - M.S.U. («Microwave Sounding Unit»); S.S.U. («Stratospheric Sounding Unit»), destinés à la mesure des profils verticaux de température, de vapeur d'eau et d'ozone de l'atmosphère.

OBS

Reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l'autorisation de l'Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
DEF

Instrumento transportado por un satélite heliosincrónico para medir la radiación de la Tierra o las nubes, o de la nieve o el hielo directamente debajo del sensor.

OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de la Unesco.

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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 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

... the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder(TOVS)... consists of three instruments : the High-Resolution Infrared Sounder-2(HIRS-2), the Microwave Sounding Unit(MSU), and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit(SSU). These instruments provide global information about the structure of the atmosphere, including vertical temperature and moisture profiles and fractional cloud cover. Using a completely physical-based method for analysis of the HIRS-2 and MSU radiance data, additional information can be derived, including surface skin temperature, total vertically integrated ozone amount, outgoing longwave radiation, and precipitation estimates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

Outre les données de la couverture nuageuse globale, dont on tire de nombreuses informations, les satellites météorologiques permettent de déterminer de manière opérationnelle, d'une part, la température du sommet des couches nuageuses ou de la surface du globe, lorsque celle-ci n'est pas occultée par les nuages, d'autre part, les profils verticaux de température et d'humidité en tout point de la surface du globe par spectrométrie infrarouge dans certaines bandes d'absorption du milieu atmosphérique; par exemple, dans la bande du dioxyde de carbone (de 13 à 15 mm) pour les sondages de température ou dans la bande de la vapeur d'eau (de 6 à 8 mm) pour les sondages d'humidité; la zone d'absorption minimale, dite fenêtre atmosphérique (11 mm), servant à déterminer la température de surface, en particulier la température superficielle de la mer.

Spanish

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