| Instrument: MSU : Microwave Sounding Unit |
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Associated Platforms TIROS-N Spectral/Frequency Information Wavelength Keyword: Microwave Number Channels: 4 Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 50.3, 53.74, 54.96, and 57.95 GHz, Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The MSU is the descendant of the Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS) flown on Nimbus-6, which in turn evolved from the Nimbus-5 Microwave Spectrometer (NEMS). NEMS was the first microwave temperature sounder flown in space. The MSU is a four channel Dicke radiometer making passive measurements in regions of the 5.5-mm oxygen region (50.3 GHz, 53.74 GHz, 54.96 GHz, and 57.05 GHz). The dynamic range of the MSU is 0 K to 350 K, with a noise equivalent temperature of 0.3 K. The ground
Online Resources http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov:5721/sensor_documents/msu_instrument.html http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/services/opendap/msu.shtml Instrument Logistics Instrument Owner: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
