TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

E729831
atmospheric sounding instrument meteorological satellite instrument

The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder is a meteorological satellite instrument designed to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.

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Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder system 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atmospheric sounding instrument ⓘ
meteorological satellite instrument ⓘ
abbreviation TOVS NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataProduct humidity sounding data ⓘ
radiance profiles ⓘ
temperature sounding data ⓘ
dataType remote sensing data ⓘ
dataUser climate research organizations ⓘ
numerical weather prediction models ⓘ
weather forecasting centers ⓘ
deploymentEnvironment space-based ⓘ
developedBy NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComponent HIRS NERFINISHED ⓘ
High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder NERFINISHED ⓘ
MSU NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microwave Sounding Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
SSU NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stratospheric Sounding Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ
measurementType cloud-top properties ⓘ
vertical profiles of moisture ⓘ
vertical profiles of temperature ⓘ
measures atmospheric humidity ⓘ
atmospheric moisture ⓘ
atmospheric temperature ⓘ
radiance ⓘ
operator NOAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitsIn polar orbit ⓘ
partOf NOAA polar-orbiting satellite program NERFINISHED ⓘ
TIROS program NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose measure atmospheric moisture profiles ⓘ
measure atmospheric temperature profiles ⓘ
support climate monitoring ⓘ
support numerical weather prediction ⓘ
support weather forecasting ⓘ
sensingMethod passive remote sensing ⓘ
spatialCoverage global ⓘ
spectralRegion infrared ⓘ
microwave ⓘ
usedFor atmospheric structure analysis ⓘ
climate trend studies ⓘ
global weather analysis ⓘ
usedOn NOAA-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-12 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-13 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-14 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
NOAA-9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
TIROS-N NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesPlatform NOAA polar-orbiting environmental satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ
TIROS-N series satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Polar Operational Environmental Satellites → instrument → TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder ⓘ
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A → partOf → TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder system