MWR

Micro-Wave Radiometer

Satellite

SAC-D

Status

Being developed – To be utilised in the period 2010 to ~ 2015

Mission

Precipitable water and precipitation rate over the ocean, wind speed, ice observation

Instrument type

2-frequency, 3-channel MW radiometer, 23.8 GHz (500 MHz bandwidth, V polarisation) and 36.5 GHz (1 GHz bandwidth, V and H polarisations)

Scanning technique

Nadir-pointing, 8 parallel beams for a total swath of 380 km

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 1 week

Resolution (s.s.p.)

47 km

Resources

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