Measurements and Applications
All-weather night-day humidity sounding.
Full Name
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B
Status
No longer 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
Accuracy
Humidity profile: 1 kg/m2,
Waveband
Microwave: 89 GHz, 150 GHz, 183.3± 1.0 GHz (2 bands), 183.3± 3.0 GHz (2 bands), 183.3± 7.0 GHz (2 bands)
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) |