The advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU) is a multi-channel microwave radiometer installed on meteorological satellites. The instrument examines several...
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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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satellite to use Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) in place of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-B). The AVHRR/3 on the Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) NOAA...
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the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3), High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4), and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A)...
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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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improved ARGOS Data Collection System (DCS-2); and 5° the Advanced Microwave Sounding Units (AMSUs), which replaced the previous MSU and SSU instruments...
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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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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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hosts the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU), Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR) and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)...
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hosts the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU), Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR) and High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)...
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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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Aqua (satellite) (redirect from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer)
been observed by the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) — measures atmospheric temperature and humidity. Since...
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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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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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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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lighter-weight version of the previous Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instruments flown on previous NOAA...
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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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Atmosphere of Earth (section Speed of sound)
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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Geometric altitude vs. temperature, pressure, density, and the speed of sound derived from the 1962 U.S. Standard Atmosphere. Baker, Donald G. (June 1975)...
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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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lighter-weight version of the previous Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instruments flown on previous NOAA...
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AMSO – (i/a) U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office AMSU – Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit AMTE – (i) UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977–1984)...
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and estimate their maximum sustained wind speed using the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU). Spencer has been a member of several science teams:...
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Directed-energy weapon (redirect from High-power microwave)
focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams. Potential applications of this technology include...
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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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subtropical storm continually weakened. On October 13, based on an Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit observation that stated that a warm core was present throughout...
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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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TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS), which consists of the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and the High Resolution...
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Sonic weapon (redirect from Hard sound)
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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developing and increasing around the center. On September 11, an Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit temperature cross-section analysis indicated the system developed...
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