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The advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU) is a multi-channel microwave radiometer installed on meteorological satellites. The instrument examines several bands of microwave radiation from the atmosphere to perform atmospheric sounding of temperature and moisture levels.

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Advanced microwave sounding unit

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The advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU) is a multi-channel microwave radiometer installed on meteorological satellites. The instrument examines several...

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Microwave sounding unit

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The microwave sounding unit (MSU) was the predecessor to the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU). The MSU was first launched aboard the TIROS-N satellite...

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Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

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surface. It is the successor to the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) on NOAA weather satellites. ATMS units have been flown on the Suomi NPP and...

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Atmospheric infrared sounder

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forecasting. Working in combination with its partner microwave instrument, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A), AIRS observes the global water and energy...

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Microwave radiometer

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glaciers. Today, microwave instruments like the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder (SSMIS) are widely...

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Satellite temperature measurement

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indicated cooling. From 1979 to 2005 the microwave sounding units (MSUs) and since 1998 the Advanced Microwave Sounding Units on NOAA polar orbiting weather satellites...

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Extremely high frequency

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as the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) on one NASA satellite (Aqua) and four NOAA (15–18) satellites and the special sensor microwave/imager (SSMI/S)...

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Microwave Sounding Unit temperature measurements

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Microwave Sounding Unit temperature measurements refers to temperature measurement using the Microwave Sounding Unit instrument and is one of several methods...

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Atmospheric temperature

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Geometric altitude vs. temperature, pressure, density, and the speed of sound derived from the 1962 U.S. Standard Atmosphere. Karger, D.N.; Conrad, O...

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Atmosphere of Earth

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low to permit orbital spacecraft. The mesosphere is mainly accessed by sounding rockets and rocket-powered aircraft. The stratosphere is the second-lowest...

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Polar Operational Environmental Satellites

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data collected from HIRS/4 is collaboratively used with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) to advance research in sea surface temperatures, cloud...

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Ansu

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Indonesian New Guinea Ansuz (rune), a Germanic rune AMSU, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

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Subtropical Storm Nicole

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developed persistent deep convection near the center, while Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit overpasses indicated the potential of a warm core within the...

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MetOp

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AMSU-A1/AMSU-A2 – Advanced Microwave Sounding Units HIRS/4 – High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (N.B. Not included on Metop-C) AVHRR/3 – Advanced Very High...

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Isoline retrieval

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a fraction of the true isoline equal to the tolerance. The Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) series of satellite instruments are designed to detect...

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Sonic weapon

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Canadian embassies in Havana. However, more recent reports hypothesize microwave energy as the cause or their bodies tricking themselves via a mass psychogenic...

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