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MADRAS  

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  • MADRAS (Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Systems) is a microwave imager, with conical scanning (incidence angle 56°), close from the SSM/I and TMI concepts. The main aim of the mission being the study of cloud systems, a frequency has been added (157 Ghz) in order to study the high level ice clouds associated with the convective systems, and to serve as a window channel relative to the sounding instrument at 183 GHz. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: MADRAS Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Spectrometers/Radiometers Instrument_Subtype: Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers Short_Name: MADRAS Long_Name: Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Systems End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: Megha-Tropiques End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 18.7 Ghz ± 100 Mhz Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 40 km End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 23.8 Ghz ± 200 Mhz Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 40 km End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 36.5 Ghz ± 500 Mhz Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 40 km End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 89 Ghz ± 1350 Mhz Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 10 km End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 157 Ghz ± 1350 Mhz Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 6 km End_Group Online_Resource: http://meghatropiques.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/mission-description-2.html Creation_Date: 2012-01-20 Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Start_Date: 2011-10-12 Instrument_Owner: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Instrument_Owner: Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) End_Group End_Group (en)

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/4de23942-39b8-4a1f-88b7-4be7ee4dfb24

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