Measurements and Applications
Temperature sounding through cloud up to 20 km in altitude. Nearly-all-weather atmospheric temperature profile. 4-channel MW radiometer operating in the 54 GHz band. Follow-on of NEMS flown on Nimbus-5 and SCAMS flown on Nimbus-6. Part of the TOVS package (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder).
Full Name
Microwave Sounding Unit
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
110 km at s.s.p.
[Best Resolution: 110000m]
Swath
2350 km
[Max Swath: 2350 km]
Waveband
4 channels MW 50.30 - 57.95µm
TIROS N - Television Infrared Observation Satellite (1978 - 1981) |
| NOAA-6 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 6 (1979 - 1987) |
| NOAA-7 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 7 (1981 - 1986) |
| NOAA-8 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 8 (1983 - 1985) |
| NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998) |
| NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001) |
| NOAA-11 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 11 (1988 - 2004) |
| NOAA-12 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 12 (1991 - 2005) |
| NOAA-13 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13 (1993 - 1993) |
| NOAA-14 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14 (1994 - 2005) |