Home
Database
Agencies
EO Handbook
Missions
Activity
Table
Index
Instruments
Table
Index
Measurements
Overview
Timelines
Datasets
Activity
CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MWI
-
Full Name
Microwave Imager
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
EUMETSAT
,
ESA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)
Geometry
Conical scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF-4
Measurements and Applications
Measure cloud liquid water, ice cloud content, precipitation, total column water vapour, snow parameters, sea ice parameters
Resolution Summary
Footprint size 10-50km
Swath Summary
1700km
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
Microwave: 18 channels between 18.7 GHz to 183 GHz
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
Atmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Liquid water and precipitation rate
Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Surface temperature (ocean)
Sea surface temperature
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Precipitation
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
METOP-SG B1 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2025 - 2032)
METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2032 - 2039)
METOP-SG B3 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2039 - 2046)
Copyright
CEOS
|
About
|
Site Search
|
Report an Issue
Researched and written by
Symbios