Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS

E400697
Earth observation instrument microwave radiometer satellite instrument

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS is a satellite-borne microwave radiometer that measures global precipitation, sea surface temperature, sea ice, and other climate-related variables to support Earth observation and weather and climate research.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS canonical 3
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation instrument ⓘ
microwave radiometer ⓘ
satellite instrument ⓘ
abbreviation AMSR-E ⓘ
dataContinuity continued by AMSR2 on GCOM-W1 ⓘ
dataProduct global precipitation products ⓘ
sea ice products ⓘ
sea surface temperature products ⓘ
soil moisture products ⓘ
dataUser NSIDC DAAC ⓘ
surface form: National Snow and Ice Data Center

operational weather agencies ⓘ
developer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
endOfOperationsDate 2011-10-04 ⓘ
failureCause antenna rotation anomaly ⓘ
frequencyChannel 10.7 GHz ⓘ
18.7 GHz ⓘ
23.8 GHz ⓘ
36.5 GHz ⓘ
6.9 GHz ⓘ
89.0 GHz ⓘ
launchDate 2002-05-04 ⓘ
launchSite Vandenberg Space Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchVehicle Delta II ⓘ
measures cloud liquid water ⓘ
global precipitation ⓘ
sea ice concentration ⓘ
sea surface temperature ⓘ
snow cover ⓘ
soil moisture ⓘ
water vapor ⓘ
mission NASA Earth Observing System ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitAltitude 705 km ⓘ
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
partOf Aqua mission payload ⓘ
platform Aqua satellite ⓘ
polarizationCapability horizontal polarization ⓘ
vertical polarization ⓘ
purpose Earth system monitoring ⓘ
climate research ⓘ
weather research ⓘ
relatedInstrument AMSR2 on GCOM-W1 ⓘ
surface form: AMSR2

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
scanAngle 55 degrees ⓘ
scanType conically scanning ⓘ
spacecraft Aqua ⓘ
successor Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
swathWidth 1445 km ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aqua satellite → instrumentFullName → Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS ⓘ
subject surface form: Aqua
EOS PM-1 → instrumentFullName → Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS ⓘ
AMSR-E → fullName → Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS ⓘ
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS → relatedInstrument → Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS → successor → Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2