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MASC  

Definition

  • Description: MASC is a recently developed cross-track scanning (30 RPM) microwave sounder with channels near the 118 GHz oxygen line and the 183 GHz water-vapor line. It has previously participated in the PECAN campaign and the OLYMPEX GPM ground validation campaign. During both of these campaigns, it was deployed on the DC-8. MASC leverages recently developed technology and is a low-cost, compact instrument that weighs only 10 lbs. It is designed to be packaged as a 6U CubeSat and serves as an engineering prototype for the TEMPEST-D EVI-2 technology demonstrator. MASC uses MMIC-based millimeter-wave radiometers developed for GeoSTAR and HAMSR. Rationale for adding: The MASC was on-board the DC-8 aircraft during the OLYMPEX field campaign. This collected data that were used to validate rain and snow measurements in midlatitude frontal systems moving from ocean to coast to mountains and to determine how remotely sensed measurements of precipitation by GPM can be applied to a range of hydrologic, weather forecasting and climate data. More Information: https://cpex.jpl.nasa.gov/instruments/masc.php (en)

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  • 2018-04-05 14:51:32.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (MASC [f59652c5-eaa8-49c0-b65f-a0166048b1dd,367479] - Radar Sounders [6c5ca722-0bc7-4ccd-ad24-39b9d8710140,347533]);
  • 2018-04-05 14:52:15.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Microwave Atmospheric Sounder for CubeSat language code: en);
  • 2018-04-05 14:55:32.0 [sritz] insert Definition (id: null text: Description: MASC is a recently developed cross-track scanning (30 RPM) microwave sounder with channels near the 118 GHz oxygen line and the 183 GHz water-vapor line. It has previously participated in the PECAN campaign and the OLYMPEX GPM ground validation campaign. During both of these campaigns, it was deployed on the DC-8. MASC leverages recently developed technology and is a low-cost, compact instrument that weighs only 10 lbs. It is designed to be packaged as a 6U CubeSat and serves as an engineering prototype for the TEMPEST-D EVI-2 technology demonstrator. MASC uses MMIC-based millimeter-wave radiometers developed for GeoSTAR and HAMSR. Rationale for adding: The MASC was on-board the DC-8 aircraft during the OLYMPEX field campaign. This collected data that were used to validate rain and snow measurements in midlatitude frontal systems moving from ocean to coast to mountains and to determine how remotely sensed measurements of precipitation by GPM can be applied to a range of hydrologic, weather forecasting and climate data. More Information: https://cpex.jpl.nasa.gov/instruments/masc.php language code: en);
  • 2018-04-05 14:57:36.0 [sritz] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: aef364b1-6a71-49c0-b248-6dc1ecd4eaa3 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2018-04-05 14:58:03.0 [sritz] update WeightedRelation (Platform-Instrument);
  • 2018-04-05 15:19:01.0 [sritz] delete WeightedRelation (null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: aacf1f4c-2d79-4946-bc18-6157262d7039 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2018-04-05 15:19:29.0 [sritz] update WeightedRelation (Platform-Instrument); update WeightedRelation (1);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/f59652c5-eaa8-49c0-b65f-a0166048b1dd

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