CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMSR
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Full Name
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Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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JAXA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) 
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Geometry
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Conical scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurements of water vapour, cloud liquid water, precipitation, winds, sea surface temperature, sea ice concentration, snow cover, soil moisture.
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Resolution Summary
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5 - 50 km (dependent on frequency)
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Swath Summary
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1600 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Sea surface temparature: 0.5 K, sea ice cover: 10%, cloud liquid water: 0.05 kg/m2, precipitation rate: 10%, water vapour: 3.5 kg/m2 through total column, sea surface wind speed 1.5 m/s
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 6.925 GHz, 10.65 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, 50.3 GHz, 52.8 GHz, 89.0 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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