CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMR-C
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Full Name
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Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , ESA , EUMETSAT, NOAA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Non-scanning MW radiometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF-4
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Measurements and Applications
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Capabilities of the AMR with the addition of an on-board calibrator for high stability wet-tropospheric path delay correction.
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Resolution Summary
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41.6 km at 18.7 GHz, 36.1 km at 23.8 GHz, 22.9 km at 34 GHz baseline channels with 5km for higher frequency experimental channels
[Best Resolution: 25m]
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Swath Summary
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Nadir-only viewing, associated to the JASON-CS radar altimeter
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Accuracy Summary
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Total water vapour: 0.2 g/sq cm, Brightness temperature: 0.15 K
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 18.7, 23.8 and 34 GHz. With additional experimental high-frequency channels (90, 130, 168 GHz) for high resolution complementing the SAR mode of Poseidon-4 radar.
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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