Measurements and Applications
Temperature profiles in stratosphere, top-of-atmosphere radiation from 25 - 50 km altitude. Stratospheric temperature sounding. Pressure-modulated spectrometer, operating around the wavelengths 14.92, 14.93 and 14.94 µm. Follow-on of SCR flown on Nimbus-4/5 and PMR flown on Nimbus-6. Part of the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) package.
Full Name
Stratospheric Sounding Unit
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
150km at s.s.p.
[Best Resolution: 150000m]
Swath
1470km
[Max Swath: 1470 km]
Waveband
Operates around the wavelengths 14.92, 14.93, and 14.94µm.
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-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) |