CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MWHS-1
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Full Name
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Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NRSCC , CAST , NSMC-CMA, CNSA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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L-1 data: HDF 5.0
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Measurements and Applications
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Meteorological applications.
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Resolution Summary
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15 km at media, 41 x 27 km at outer edge
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Swath Summary
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2700 km
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Accuracy Summary
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15 km
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 19.35 - 89.0 GHz (8 channels)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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