TOVS

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TOVS is a satellite-based atmospheric sounding system used on NOAA’s Polar Operational Environmental Satellites to measure global temperature and humidity profiles for weather forecasting and climate studies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf remote sensing instrument suite
satellite-based atmospheric sounding system
agencyProgram NOAA polar-orbiting satellite program NERFINISHED
contributesTo improved weather forecasts
long-term climate records
coverage global
dataType global atmospheric profiles
dataUser climate research community
numerical weather prediction centers
fullName TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder NERFINISHED
includesInstrument HIRS NERFINISHED
High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder NERFINISHED
MSU NERFINISHED
Microwave Sounding Unit NERFINISHED
SSU NERFINISHED
Stratospheric Sounding Unit NERFINISHED
measures radiance
vertical humidity profiles
vertical temperature profiles
operator NOAA NERFINISHED
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NERFINISHED
orbitType polar orbit
platform NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites NERFINISHED
POES NERFINISHED
purpose atmospheric humidity sounding
atmospheric temperature sounding
climate studies support
weather forecasting support
usedFor operational meteorology
reanalysis datasets
uses infrared sounding
microwave sounding

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