CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- TROPICS
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Full Name
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Microwave Spectrometer (TROPICS)
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , 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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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
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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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HDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Constellation to provide temperature/moisture sounding and cloud/precipitation imaging with rapid update.
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Resolution Summary
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Moisture: 25 km average across the swath; Temperature: 40 km average across the swath
[Best Resolution: 17000m]
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Swath Summary
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2000 km
[Max Swath: 2000 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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1 K
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 90 to 206 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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