Measurements and Applications
Measures effective temperature and liquid water content of ocean surface, cloud and snow.
Full Name
Scanning microwave radiometer
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
160 km, 80 km, 40 km, 36 km , 22 km , 9 km respectively
Accuracy
Temparature: 0.05 K
Waveband
Microwave: 6 GHz, 11 GHz, 19 GHz, 22 GHz, 35 GHz, 94 GHz (10 channels)