Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder
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The Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder is a spaceborne instrument designed to measure atmospheric temperature, water vapor, and trace gases by observing millimeter-wave radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
millimeter-wave radiometer
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remote sensing instrument ⓘ spaceborne atmospheric sounding instrument ⓘ |
| application |
atmospheric composition monitoring
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climate monitoring ⓘ numerical weather prediction ⓘ |
| category |
Earth observation instrument
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atmospheric sounding sensor ⓘ |
| dataType |
concentrations of atmospheric trace gases
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vertical profiles of atmospheric humidity ⓘ vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature ⓘ |
| designedFor |
atmospheric profiling
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climate research ⓘ meteorological applications ⓘ |
| measurementTechnique |
passive microwave remote sensing
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radiometric sounding ⓘ |
| measures |
atmospheric temperature
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atmospheric trace gases ⓘ atmospheric water vapor ⓘ |
| observes |
millimeter-wave radiation
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thermal emission from Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | space ⓘ |
| physicalQuantityMeasured | brightness temperature ⓘ |
| platformType | satellite-borne instrument ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | retrieval of atmospheric state variables ⓘ |
| sensingDomain |
microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum
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millimeter-wave band ⓘ |
| sensitiveTo |
temperature-dependent emission
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trace gas absorption features ⓘ water vapor absorption features ⓘ |
| targetMedium | Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ |
| uses | spectral lines of atmospheric gases ⓘ |
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Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 3
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