NAST-MTS
Point of Contact:
- Philip Rosenkranz
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
- Office Telephone: (617) 253-3073
- FAX: (617) 258-7864
- E-mail: pwr@mit.edu
Brief Instrument Description of the
NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed - Microwave Temperature Sounder
(NAST-MTS)
NAST-MTS contains two microwave radiometer systems covering the
spectral ranges of 50-56 GHz with eight single-sideband channels,
and 115-123 Ghz with nine double-sideband channels centered on the
118.75 Ghz oxygen line. Both radiometers scan +- 65 degrees from
nadir and also view two black-body targets and zenith for calibration.
The temperature weighting functions cover altitudes from the surface
to ER-2 altitude.
A video camera in the MTS package will provide ancillary digitized
stereo images for cloud location.
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