In-orbit performance of microwave humidity and temperature sounder (MWHTS) of the Chinese FY-3C meteorological satellite

Author

Shengwei Zhang ; Jieying He ; Zhenzhan Wang ; Xinbiao Wang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Microwave Remote Sensing, Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

FY-3C (FengYun 3C) meteorological satellite of China was successfully launched on Sept 23, 2013. MWHTS (MicroWave Humidity and Temperature Sounder) was a very important payload for measuring global atmospheric water vapour profiles; also, it adds 8 channels at 118.75GHz to sound temperature information for the first time internationally for polar-orbit satellite. In this paper, the authors will describe the system configuration and parameters of MWHTS. Moreover it gives the testing results in-orbit and comparing with AMSU-B which has been installed on NOAA-17 and MWHS-I onboard FY-3A/B satellite.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; AD 2013 09 23; AMSU-B; Chinese FY-3C meteorological satellite; FY-3A satellite; FY-3B satellite; FengYun 3C; MWHS-I; MWHTS; MicroWave Humidity and Temperature Sounder; NOAA-17; frequency 118.75 GHz; global atmospheric water vapour profiles; in-orbit performance; polar-orbit satellite; sound temperature information; system configuration; Calibration; Humidity; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; FY-3C satellite; MWHTS; humidity sounding; in-orbit performance; temperature information;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929598

Filename

6929598