Measurements and Applications
Meteorological applications.
Full Name
Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder
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
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
L-1 data: HDF 5.0
Resolution
15 km at media, 41 x 27 km at outer edge
Waveband
Microwave: 19.35 - 89.0 GHz (8 channels)
FY-3A - FY-3A Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2008 - 2018) |
| FY-3B - FY-3B Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2010 - 2020) |