CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- HSB
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Full Name
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Humidity Sounder for Brazil
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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INPE , NASA
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Maturity
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Medium Heritage
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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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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-EOS
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Measurements and Applications
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Humidity soundings for climatological and atmospheric dynamics applications. The scan mirror motor failed on the 5th of February 2003.
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Resolution Summary
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13.5 km
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Swath Summary
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1650 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Temperature: 1.0-1.2 K coverage of land and ocean surfaces, Humidity: 20%
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 5 discreet channels in the range of 150-183 MHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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