Title :
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder on NPOESS and NPP
Author :
Muth, Christina ; Lee, Paul S. ; Shiue, James C. ; Webb, W. Allan
Author_Institution :
NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Abstract :
The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) is under development by NASA GSFC. The first ATMS Flight Unit will fly on the NASA, NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite, and ATMS production units will be part of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) sensor suite. This paper presents key instrument design features, channel characteristics, predicted performance, recent development status and the NPOESS plan for ATMS.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric temperature; microwave measurement; ATMS Flight Unit; ATMS production units; Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder; NASA GSFC; NPOESS Preparatory Project; NPOESS sensor suite; NPP satellite; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; Frequency; Humidity; Instruments; Microwave technology; NASA; Satellites; Silver; Space technology; Springs; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369789
