CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMR-CR
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Full Name
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Advanced Microwave Radiometer for Climate
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Status
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Approved
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , ESA , EUMETSAT, NOAA
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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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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Capabilities of the AMR with the addition of an on-board calibrator for high stability wet-tropospheric path delay correction and a redesign with respect to AMR-C (i.e. the 3 high res MW radiometer channels at 90, 130 and 166 GHz are an integral subsystem of the instrument and not experimental as in AMR-C)
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Resolution Summary
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21 km at 18.7 GHz, 17 km at 23.8 GHz, 15 km at 34 GHz baseline channels, and with 5 km for 90 GHz , 4 km for 130 Ghz and 2 km for 166 GHz for the higher frequency operational channels
[Best Resolution: 2m]
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Swath Summary
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Nadir-only viewing associated to the CRISTAL IRIS altimeter
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Accuracy Summary
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TBD
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Waveband Summary
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Low Frequency MW radiometer channels at 18.7, 23.8 and 34 GHz. With additional operational high-frequency channels (90, 130, 166 GHz) for high resolution complementing the SAR mode of IRIS radar.
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| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| Ka-Band (26.5 to 40 GHz) |
| K-Band (18 to 26.5 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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