Measurements and Applications
All weather observations of precipitation, cloud features, vegetation, soil moisture sea ice, etc.
Full Name
Micro-Wave Radiation Imager-2
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
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
L-1 data: HDF 5.0
Resolution
6 x 10 km at 118 GHz to 27 x 45 km at 10.65 GHz
[Best Resolution: 6000m]
Swath
1400 km
[Max Swath: 1400 km]
Waveband
13 frequencies, 22 channels
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