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Identifiermwts-3NamesMicro-Wave Temperature Sounder-3MWTS-3 About identifiers

Atmospheric sounding measurements.

Full Name

Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder-3

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NSMC-CMA, CNSA

Maturity

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

L-1 data: HDF 5.0

Resolution

33 km at s.s.p.
[Best Resolution: 33000m]

Swath

Cross-track: 98 steps of 33 km s.s.p., swath 2700 km
[Max Swath: 2700 km]

Accuracy

<1.2K

Waveband

Microwave: 23.8 - 57.29 GHz (17 channels)

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

FY-3E - FY-3E Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2021 - 2029) fy-3e_mwts-3

FY-3F - FY-3F Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2023 - 2031) fy-3f_mwts-3

FY-3H - FY-3H Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2025 - 2033) fy-3h_mwts-3

FY-3J - FY-3J Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2027 - 2035) fy-3j_mwts-3

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, TC)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records