THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

High frequency, all-weather temperature and humidity soundings for weather forecasting and SST.

Full Name

MW Array Spectrometer (PATH)

Status

No longer considered

Instrument Agencies

NASA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)

Geometry

Nadir-viewing

Instrument Technology

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

Resolution

Temporal resolution is 15 to 30 minutes; 25 - 50 km at nadir

Swath

Temporal resolution is 15 to 30 minutes; 25 - 50 km at nadir

Accuracy

<.5 K (brightness temperature)

Waveband

50 - 57 GHz, 165 - 183 GHz, and possibly 118 - 125 GHz

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

PATH - Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity (2030 - 2033)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (column/profile)
	Height of tropopause
	Temperature of tropopause
Atmospheric Winds	Wind vector over land surface (horizontal)
Cloud particle properties and profile	Cloud liquid water (column/profile)
	Precipitation Profile (liquid or solid)
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature