Measurements and Applications
All-weather night-day temperature sounding to an altitude of 45 km.
Full Name
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
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
Native, BUFR
Resolution
48 km
[Best Resolution: 48000m]
Swath
2054 km
[Max Swath: 2054 km]
Accuracy
Temperature profile: 2 K, humidity: 3 kg/m2, ice & snow cover: 10%
Waveband
Microwave: 15 channels, 23.8 - 89.0 GHz
NOAA-15 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 15 (1998 - 2018) |
| NOAA-16 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 16 (2000 - 2014) |
| NOAA-17 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 17 (2002 - 2013) |
NOAA-18 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 18 (2005 - 2025) |
| Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021) |
| NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2025) |
| Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027) |
| Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027) |