MWTS

Micro-Wave Temperature Sounder

Satellites

FY-3 A to G

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period 2008 to ~ 2024

Mission

Temperature sounding in nearly-all-weather conditions

Instrument type

4-frequency, 4-channel MW radiometer

Scanning technique

Cross-track: 15 steps of 62 km s.s.p., swath 2250 km - Along-track: one line of 118 km every 16 s

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage once/day

Resolution (s.s.p.)

62 km IFOV

Resources

Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: … kbps

Central frequency (GHz)

Bandwidth (MHz)

Polarisation

Accuracy

50.30

180

V

0.5 K

53.596 ± 0.115

340

H

0.4 K

54.94

400

V

0.4 K

57.290

330

H

0.4 K