CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMR-S
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Full Name
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AMR-S Two-Beam Microwave Radiometer
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , UKSA , CNES, CSA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Non-scanning MW radiometer
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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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NetCDF-4
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Measurements and Applications
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Capabilities of the AMR with the addition of a 2nd beam to provide wet-tropospheric path delay correction within both swaths of the primary radar instrument (KaRIn)
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Resolution Summary
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41.6 km at 18.7 GHz, 36.1 km at 23.8 GHz, 22.9 km at 34 GHz baseline channels
[Best Resolution: 22m]
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Swath Summary
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two nadir-looking beams complementing the 120Km KaRIn radar altimeter swath
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Accuracy Summary
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Total water vapour: 0.2 g/sq cm, Brightness temperature: 0.15 K for each of the two beams
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 18.7, 23.8 and 34 GHz.
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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