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Disclaimer - While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the
limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or
omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA
makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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This record was translated from FGDC in the NMMR on 2009-12-30 11:50:00.0. Last Review: 20110307
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The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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1997
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The polar orbiting satellites are able to collect global data on a daily basis for a variety of land,
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to reflect sunlight into the instrument. The monochromator and the cloud cover radiometer are
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impulses that impact the magnetosphere, and assess the level of geomagnetic activity. The second
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Greenbelt
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The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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1997
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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EUMETSAT Eumetsat Allee 1
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Darmstadt
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N/A
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Germany
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half-power points providing a nominal spatial resolution at nadir of 48 km (29.8 mi). The antenna
provides a cross-track scan, scanning +48.3 degrees (-48.3 degrees) from nadir with a total of 30
Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument completes one scan every 8 seconds.
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 7.6, Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
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Revision
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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originator
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.9, Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
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Goodrum, Geoffrey
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Kidwell, Kathy B.
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originator
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Winston, Wayne
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originator
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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ATOVS Level 1b Products Guide, MHS
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2004-09-08
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EPS > EUMETSAT Polar System
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originator
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nadir is nominally 17 km (10.56 mi). The antenna provides a cross-track scan, scanning +50 degrees
(-50 degrees) from nadir with a total of 90 Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument
completes one scan every 8/3 seconds.
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral Radiometer (SBUV/2), Section 3.8
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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originator
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, NOAA, U.S.
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 7.4, SBUV/2
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2000-09
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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originator
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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the 160 nm to 400 nm ultraviolet spectrum. The SBUV/2 instruments on the TIROS-N satellites are
designed to measure the total ozone in a vertical column beneath the satellite and its distribution
with height in the atmosphere. The SBUV/2 contains a scanning double monochromator and a cloud cover
radiometer (CCR) designed to measure ultraviolet (UV) spectral intensities. In its primary mode of
operation, the monochromator measures solar radiation backscatter by the atmosphere in 12 discrete
wavelength bands in the near-UV, ranging from 252.0 to 339.8 nm, each with a bandpass of 1.1 nm. The
total-ozone algorithm uses the four longest wavelength bands (312.5, 317.5, 331.1, and 339.8 nm),
whereas the profiling algorithm uses the shorter wavelengths. The cloud cover radiometer operates at
379 nm (i.e. outside the ozone absorption band) with a 3.0-nm bandpass and was designed to measure
the reflectivity of the surface in the instantaneous field of view (IFOV). The SBUV/2 also makes
periodic measurements of the solar flux by deploying a diffuser plate into the field of view (FOV)
to reflect sunlight into the instrument. The monochromator and the cloud cover radiometer are
mounted so that they look in the nadir direction with coincident nominal FOV's of 11.3 by 11.3
degrees. As the satellite moves in a Sun-synchronous orbit, the FOV traces 160-km wide paths on the
ground. The earth rotates approximately 26 degrees during each orbit. The satellite footprint moves
at a speed of about 6 km/sec. In discrete mode a set of 12 measurements, 1 for each discrete
wavelength band, is taken every 32 seconds. The order of measurements is 252.0 to 339.8 and the
integration time is 1.25 seconds per measurement. For each monochromator measurement there is a
cloud cover radiometer measurement.
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.5, Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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The EPS accurately measures the number of particles over a broad energy range, including protons,
electrons, and alpha particles. The magnetometer sensors can operate independently and
simultaneously to measure the magnitude and direction of the Earth's geomagnetic field, detect
variations in the magnetic field near the spacecraft, provide alerts of solar wind shocks or sudden
impulses that impact the magnetosphere, and assess the level of geomagnetic activity. The second
magnetometer sensor serves as a backup. The XRS is an x-ray telescope that observes and measures
solar x-ray emissions in two ranges: one from 0.05 to 0.3 nanometers (nm) and the second from 0.1 to
0.8 nm. In real-time, it measures the intensity and duration of solar flares
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NOAA-18 (N) - Launch: May 20, 2005. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/4, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, MHS), SBUV/2,
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Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS) agreement.
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Suitland
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MD
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20746-4304
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USA
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sponsor
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NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Greenbelt
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MD
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20771
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USA
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daacuso@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
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9 AM to 5 PM ET
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sponsor
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IJPS > Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System
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sponsor
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The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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1997
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Cracknell, Arthur P.
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originator
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Taylor & Francis
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.1, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.2.2, HIRS/4
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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ATOVS Level 1b Products Guide, HIRS/4
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2004-09-08
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EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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Darmstadt
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Germany
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seven shortwave channels (3.7 to 4.6 m) and twelve longwave channels (6.7 to 15 m) using a single
telescope and a rotating filter wheel containing twenty individual spectral filters. An elliptical
scan mirror provides cross-track scanning of 56 steps in increments of 1.8 degrees. The mirror steps
rapidly (<35 msec), then holds at each position while the optical radiation , passing through the 20
spectral filters, is sampled. This action takes place each 0.1 second. The instantaneous field of
view for each channel is approximately 0.7 degrees which, from a spacecraft altitude of 833 km,
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.3, Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A)
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2000-09
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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half-power points providing a nominal spatial resolution at nadir of 48 km (29.8 mi). The antenna
provides a cross-track scan, scanning +48.3 degrees (-48.3 degrees) from nadir with a total of 30
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1997
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For information, go to:
http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/AboutEUMETSAT/Contact_Us/index.htm?l=en
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originator
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microwave radiometer. The instrument has an instantaneous field-of-view of 3.3 degrees at the
half-power points providing a nominal spatial resolution at nadir of 48 km (29.8 mi). The antenna
provides a cross-track scan, scanning +48.3 degrees (-48.3 degrees) from nadir with a total of 30
Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument completes one scan every 8 seconds.
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scatterometer
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transmits a long pulse with Linear Frequency Modulation ('chirp'). Ground echoes are received by the
instrument and, after de-chirping, the backscattered signal is spectrally analysed and detected. In
the power spectrum, frequency can be mapped into slant range provided the chirp rate and the Doppler
frequency are known. The above processing is in effect a pulse compression, which provides range
resolution. Its use of six antennas allows the simultaneous coverage of two swaths on either side of
the satellite ground track and hence provides twice the information of the earlier instruments. The
width of each double swath is 550 km with a gap around satellite track of 700 km. On an experimental
basis, ASCAT also provides measurements at a higher than nominal resolution. The ASCAT instrument
may operate in three different modes, Measurement, Calibration and Test. Additionally, in
Measurement mode the instrument occasionally generates special source packets for Gain Compression
Monitoring. The nominal instrument mode, and the only one that generates science data for the users,
is Measurement mode.
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The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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1997
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:26722
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Cracknell, Arthur P.
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originator
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Taylor & Francis
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publisher
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.1, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)
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2000-09
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publication
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September 2000 Revision
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:26723
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
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AVHRR/3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3
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imager
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Citation:
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GOME-2 Products Guide, 4.1 The GOME-2 Instrument
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2005-02-28
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EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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EUMETSAT Eumetsat Allee 1
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Darmstadt
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N/A
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D-64295
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Germany
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http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/AboutEUMETSAT/Contact_Us/index.htm?l=en
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GOME-2 > Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2
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imager
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scanning in nadir, as well as sideways viewing for polar coverage and instrument characterization
measurements using the moon. The scan mirror directs light into a telescope, designed to match the
field of view of the instrument to the dimensions of the entrance slit. This scan mirror can also be
directed towards internal calibration sources or towards a diffuser plate for calibration
measurements using the sun.
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CI_Citation:
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.2.2, HIRS/4
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2000-09
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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originator
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
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ATOVS Level 1b Products Guide, HIRS/4
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2004-09-08
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publication
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:30495
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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CI_Address:
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EUMETSAT Eumetsat Allee 1
City:
Character string:
Darmstadt
Administrative area:
Character string:
N/A
Postal code:
Character string:
D-64295
Country:
Character string:
Germany
Contact instructions:
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http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/AboutEUMETSAT/Contact_Us/index.htm?l=en
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MD_Identifier:
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sounder
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Information: The HIRS/4 instrument provides multispectral data from one visible channel (0.69 m),
seven shortwave channels (3.7 to 4.6 m) and twelve longwave channels (6.7 to 15 m) using a single
telescope and a rotating filter wheel containing twenty individual spectral filters. An elliptical
scan mirror provides cross-track scanning of 56 steps in increments of 1.8 degrees. The mirror steps
rapidly (<35 msec), then holds at each position while the optical radiation , passing through the 20
spectral filters, is sampled. This action takes place each 0.1 second. The instantaneous field of
view for each channel is approximately 0.7 degrees which, from a spacecraft altitude of 833 km,
encompasses a circular area of 10 km at nadir on the earth.
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 7.6, Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
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2000-09
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Revision
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Character string:
Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.9, Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
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2000-09
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publication
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revision
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:25121
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Goodrum, Geoffrey
Role:
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Kidwell, Kathy B.
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Character string:
Winston, Wayne
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
publisher
Citation:
CI_Citation:
Title:
Character string:
ATOVS Level 1b Products Guide, MHS
Date:
CI_Date:
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Date:
2004-09-08
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publication
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Issue 1.0
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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EPS > EUMETSAT Polar System
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CI_RoleCode:
originator
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MD_Identifier:
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Character string:
MHS > Microwave Humidity Sounder
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sounder
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radiometer. The instrument has an instantaneous field-of-view of 1.11 degrees. Spatial resolution at
nadir is nominally 17 km (10.56 mi). The antenna provides a cross-track scan, scanning +50 degrees
(-50 degrees) from nadir with a total of 90 Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument
completes one scan every 8/3 seconds.
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MI_Instrument:
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CI_Citation:
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GRAS Products Guide, 4.1. The GRAS instrument
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2006-11-09
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EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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EUMETSAT Eumetsat Allee 1
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Darmstadt
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N/A
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D-64295
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Germany
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http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/AboutEUMETSAT/Contact_Us/index.htm?l=en
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originator
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GRAS > Global Navigation Satellite System Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding
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GPS Receiver
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not view the Earth system with a vertical scan but will instead look tangentially through the
Earth's atmosphere. The instrument will measure the time delay of the refracted GPS radio signals as
the ray (signal path) skirts the Earth's atmosphere on its way from the transmitting GPS satellite
to MetOp. By precisely computing position and velocity of MetOp and the GPS satellite, the measured
time delay can be converted to the bending angle of the ray path, which again can be converted to
values of temperature, pressure and water vapor content in the atmosphere. The resulting quantities
will be functions of height above sea level (from ground level up to approximately 80 km), an
atmospheric profile.
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MI_Instrument:
Identifier:
MD_Identifier:
Code:
Character string:
IASI > Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
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Infrared Michaelson Interferometer
Description:
Character string:
Instrument Type: Infrared Michaelson Interferometer, Operational Mode: , Collection Type: sounder,
Other Information:
Instrument:
MI_Instrument:
Citation:
CI_Citation:
Title:
Character string:
NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.5, Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
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Date:
Date:
2000-09
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publication
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Revision
Identifier:
MD_Identifier:
Code:
Character string:
NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.5, Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Winston, Wayne (ed.)
Role:
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
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publisher
Identifier:
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SEM-2 > Space Environment Monitor-2
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Particle sensor, magnetometer, and X-Ray sensor
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The EPS accurately measures the number of particles over a broad energy range, including protons,
electrons, and alpha particles. The magnetometer sensors can operate independently and
simultaneously to measure the magnitude and direction of the Earth's geomagnetic field, detect
variations in the magnetic field near the spacecraft, provide alerts of solar wind shocks or sudden
impulses that impact the magnetosphere, and assess the level of geomagnetic activity. The second
magnetometer sensor serves as a backup. The XRS is an x-ray telescope that observes and measures
solar x-ray emissions in two ranges: one from 0.05 to 0.3 nanometers (nm) and the second from 0.1 to
0.8 nm. In real-time, it measures the intensity and duration of solar flares
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NOAA-15 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15
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NOAA-15 (K) - Launch: May 13, 1998. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SEM/2,
SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2), Argos/DCS/2 Operational dates: December 15, 1998 to Present. Operational Status:
AM Secondary. NOAA-15 was placed in a near circular, (450nm) polar orbit. It is the seventh operational
satellite in the Advanced TIROS-N series. It is the first in the series to support dedicated microwave
instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture and surface hydrological products in cloudy
regions where visible and infrared instruments have reduced capabilities. The spacecraft was rectangular
shaped (4.2m long by 1.88m high) and powered by a 6.14m by 2.73m solar array. The satellite was Earth
oriented, three-axis stabilized and weighed approximately 2200 kg.
Sponsor:
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSO > Office of Satellite Operations, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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CI_Contact:
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Character string:
NOAA / NESDIS Office of Satellite Operations, NSOF Bldg. 4231 Suitland Road
City:
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Suitland
Administrative area:
Character string:
MD
Postal code:
Character string:
20746-4304
Country:
Character string:
USA
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
sponsor
Sponsor:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Organisation name:
Character string:
NASA/GSFC > Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information:
CI_Contact:
Address:
CI_Address:
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Character string:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City:
Character string:
Greenbelt
Administrative area:
Character string:
MD
Postal code:
Character string:
20771
Country:
Character string:
USA
Electronic mail address:
Character string:
daacuso@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Hours of service:
Character string:
9 AM to 5 PM ET
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
sponsor
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MI_Instrument:
Citation:
CI_Citation:
Title:
Character string:
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
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CI_Date:
Date:
Date:
1997
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CI_DateTypeCode:
publication
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:26722
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Character string:
Cracknell, Arthur P.
Role:
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Character string:
Taylor & Francis
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CI_RoleCode:
publisher
Citation:
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Character string:
NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.1, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3 (AVHRR/3)
Date:
CI_Date:
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2000-09
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publication
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September 2000 Revision
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MD_Identifier:
Code:
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gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:26723
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Character string:
Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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CI_RoleCode:
originator
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
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AVHRR/3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer/3
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imager
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.2.1, HIRS/3
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2000-09
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CI_DateTypeCode:
publication
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revision
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Kidwell, Kathy (ed.)
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originator
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
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MD_Identifier:
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HIRS/3 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/3
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sounder
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Instrument Type: sounder, Operational Mode: cross-track, Collection Type: continuous scan, Other
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.3, Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A)
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2000-09
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Revision
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
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originator
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Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
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publisher
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ATOVS Level 1b Products Guide, AMSU-A
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2004-09-08
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publication
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EUMETSAT > European Meteorological Satellite Organisation
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+49(0)6151-807 7
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+49(0)6151-807 555
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EUMETSAT Eumetsat Allee 1
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Darmstadt
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N/A
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D-64295
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Germany
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microwave radiometer. The instrument has an instantaneous field-of-view of 3.3 degrees at the
half-power points providing a nominal spatial resolution at nadir of 48 km (29.8 mi). The antenna
provides a cross-track scan, scanning +48.3 degrees (-48.3 degrees) from nadir with a total of 30
Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument completes one scan every 8 seconds.
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MI_Instrument:
Citation:
CI_Citation:
Title:
Character string:
NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.4, Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B)
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CI_Date:
Date:
Date:
2000-09
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CI_DateTypeCode:
publication
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CI_ResponsibleParty:
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Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
Role:
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originator
Cited responsible party:
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Individual name:
Character string:
Kidwell, Kathy B. (ed.)
Role:
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originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Winston, Wayne (ed.)
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originator
Cited responsible party:
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Character string:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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publisher
Identifier:
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Code:
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AMSU-B > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B
Type:
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sounder
Description:
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Instrument Type: sounder, Operational Mode: cross-track, Collection Type: continuous line scanning,
Other Information: AMSU-B is a 5 channel cross-track, continuous line scanning, total power
microwave radiometer. The instrument has an instantaneous field-of-view of 1.1 degrees. Spatial
resolution at nadir is nominally 16 km (9.94 mi). The antenna provides a cross-track scan, scanning
+48.95 degrees (-48.95 degrees) from nadir with a total of 90 Earth fields-of-view per scan line.
This instrument completes one scan every 8/3 seconds.
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Citation:
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Title:
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NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.5, Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
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2000-09
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publication
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Revision
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Code:
Character string:
NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.5, Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2)
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Kidwell, Katherine B. (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
Winston, Wayne (ed.)
Role:
CI_RoleCode:
originator
Cited responsible party:
CI_ResponsibleParty:
Individual name:
Character string:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS > National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
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publisher
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Code:
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SEM-2 > Space Environment Monitor-2
Type:
Character string:
Particle sensor, magnetometer, and X-Ray sensor
Description:
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The EPS accurately measures the number of particles over a broad energy range, including protons,
electrons, and alpha particles. The magnetometer sensors can operate independently and
simultaneously to measure the magnitude and direction of the Earth's geomagnetic field, detect
variations in the magnetic field near the spacecraft, provide alerts of solar wind shocks or sudden
impulses that impact the magnetosphere, and assess the level of geomagnetic activity. The second
magnetometer sensor serves as a backup. The XRS is an x-ray telescope that observes and measures
solar x-ray emissions in two ranges: one from 0.05 to 0.3 nanometers (nm) and the second from 0.1 to
0.8 nm. In real-time, it measures the intensity and duration of solar flares