Introduction to Suomi national polar‐orbiting partnership advanced technology microwave sounder for numerical weather prediction and tropical cyclone applications

Weng, Fuzhong; Zou, Xiaolei; Wang, X.; Yang, Shengpeng; D. Goldberg, M.

doi:10.1029/2012jd018144

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Introduction to Suomi national polar‐orbiting partnership advanced technology microwave sounder for numerical weather prediction and tropical cyclone applications

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres • Sep 6, 2012

Authors:

Fuzhong Weng

Xiaolei Zou

X. Wang

Abstract

The Suomi National Polar‐orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite was successfully launched on 28 October 2011. On board the Suomi NPP, the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) is a cross‐track scanning instrument and has 22 channels at frequencies ranging from 23 to 183 GHz which allows for pro...

Subject

Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

Depth sounding

Tropical cyclone

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