CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMSR3
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Full Name
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Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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JAXA
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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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Conical scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurements of water vapour, cloud liquid water, precipitation including snowfall, winds, sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration, snow cover, soil moisture.
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Resolution Summary
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5 - 50 km (dependent on frequency)
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Swath Summary
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1535 km (effective swath)
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Accuracy Summary
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Target and standard accuracies for each standard product were defined from user requirements.
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 6.925 GHz, 7.3 GHz, 10.25 GHz, 10.65 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, 89.0 GHz, 165.5 GHz, 183.3 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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