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Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A, (AMSU-A), Swath from NOAA-15

Entry ID: amsua15sp

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Summary

Abstract: AMSU-A is a cross-track, line-scanned instrument designed to measure
scene radiances in 15 discrete frequency channels which permit the
calculation of the vertical temperature and moisture profile from
about 3 millibars (~45 km) to the Earth's surface. Each scan has 30
cells, with a resolution of 3.3 degrees (50 km at nadir). ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NASA, NOAA

Dataset Title: Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A, (AMSU-A), Swath from NOAA-15

Online Resource: http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_catalog/amsua15sp.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-11-24

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: daily

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

NOAA-15 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15

Instrument

AMSU-A > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A

Project

DODS > Distributed Oceanographic Data System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS

PM-ESIP

RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

MSFC/GHRC

Data Center

Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: MATT SMITH Phone: 256-961-7809 Email: msmith at itsc.uah.edu Contact Address: Information Technology and Systems Center 320 Sparkman Drive City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35806 Country: USA