DocumentCode
3332997
Title
In-orbit performance of Microwave Humidity Sounder (MWHS) of the Chinese FY-3 meteorological satellite
Author
Li, Jing ; Zhang, Shengwei ; Jiang, Jingshan ; Dong, Xiaolong
Author_Institution
Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
fYear
2010
fDate
25-30 July 2010
Firstpage
574
Lastpage
577
Abstract
FY-3A (Feng Yun means wind and cloud in Chinese) meteorological satellite of China was successfully launched on May 27, 2008. MWHS (MicroWave Humidity Sounder) is a very important payload for measuring global atmospheric water vapour profiles. In this paper, the authors will describe the system configuration and parameters of MWHS. Moreover it gives the testing results in-orbit and comparing with AMSU-B which has been installed on NOAA-17.
Keywords
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; AD 2008 05 27; AMSU-B instrument; Chinese FY-3 meteorological satellite; MWHS instrument; Microwave Humidity Sounder; global atmospheric water vapour profile; in orbit performance; Atmospheric measurements; Humidity; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Typhoons; FY-3A satellite; MWHS; humidity sounding; in-orbit performance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN
2153-6996
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651422
Filename
5651422
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