Measurements and Applications
All-weather night-day temperature sounding to an altitude of 45 km. AMSU-A on Aqua is still partially operational, with 9 of the 15 channels working and collecting data.
Full Name
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF-EOS
Accuracy
Temperature profile: 2 K, humidity: 3 kg/m2, ice & snow cover: 10%
Waveband
Microwave: 15 channels, 23.8 - 89.0 GHz
Aqua - Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1) (2002 - 2026) |