CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MWTS-1
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Full Name
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Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NRSCC , CAST , NSMC-CMA, 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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Open Access
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Data Format
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L-1 data: HDF 5.0
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Measurements and Applications
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Temperature sounding in nearly all weather conditions.
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Resolution Summary
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62 km
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Swath Summary
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750 - 1125 km
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Accuracy Summary
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50 - 75 km
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Waveband Summary
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50.3 GHz, 53.6 GHz, 54.94 GHz, 57.29 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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