CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MWTS-2
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Full Name
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Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-2
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NRSCC , CAST , CNSA
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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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Atmospheric sounding measurements.
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Resolution Summary
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32 km at ssp.
[Best Resolution: 32000m]
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Swath Summary
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Cross-track: 30 steps of 32 km s.s.p., swath 2250 km
[Max Swath: 2250 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 19.35 - 89.0 GHz (8 channels)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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