CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MSU
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Full Name
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Microwave Sounding Unit
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
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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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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Temperature sounding through cloud up to 20 km in altitude. Nearly-all-weather atmospheric temperature profile. 4-channel MW radiometer operating in the 54 GHz band. Follow-on of NEMS flown on Nimbus-5 and SCAMS flown on Nimbus-6. Part of the TOVS package (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder).
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Resolution Summary
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110 km at s.s.p.
[Best Resolution: 110000m]
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Swath Summary
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2350 km
[Max Swath: 2350 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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4 channels MW 50.30 - 57.95µm
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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