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Instrument
Acronym |
Instrument Type |
Temporal Resolution |
Spatial Resolution |
Data Vol/Mission |
| AMPR |
Scanning radiometer (10, 19, 37, 85 GHz) |
One 50-element scan every 3 seconds |
0.6 km at 85 GHz; 1.5 km at 37 GHz; 2.8
km at 10 19 GHz, (surface footprint) |
20-30 MB |
| EDOP |
Doppler Radar |
2 Hz rate. (~100m along-track) |
Vertical: 37.5 m; Horizontal: ~1.1 km
at surface and ~0.55 km at 10 km |
~3.5 GB |
| LIP |
Electric Field Mills, Conductivity probe |
10 Hz, continuous |
~20m |
30-50 MB |
| MAMS |
Scanning visible/IR sensor |
Continuous |
100 m, at nadir (surface) |
~1 GB |
| MAS |
Scanning spectrometer |
Continuous |
50 m, at nadir |
5-10 GB |
| MIR |
Scanning radiometer (89, 150, 183, 220,
325 GHz) |
One scan cycle every 3 seconds |
~1-2 km at surface |
20-25 MB |
| NAST-I |
Scanning interferometer |
Continuous |
2.5 km at nadir |
5-10 GB |
| NAST-MTS |
Passive microwave radiometers |
continuous scan, 6 sec period, 120 msec
nominal integration time for raw data |
2.6 km from 20-km altitude at nadir |
< 100 MB |
