The NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed - Microwave Temperature Sounder (NAST-MTS) contains two microwave radiometer systems covering the spectral ranges of 50-56 GHz with eight single-sideband channels, and 115-123 Ghz with nine double-sideband channels centered on the 118.75 Ghz oxygen line. Both radiometers scan +- 65 degrees from nadir and also view two black-body targets and zenith for calibration. The temperature weighting functions cover altitudes from the surface to ER-2 altitude. A video camera in the MTS package will provide ancillary digitized stereo images for cloud location. The instrument was used during the third Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) conducted in 1998. For more information, see: http://camex.nsstc.nasa.gov/camex3/instruments/nast-mts.html Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: NAST-MTS Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Profilers/Sounders Short_Name: NAST-MTS Long_Name: NPOESS Aircraft Microwave Temperature Sounder End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: NASA ER-2 End_Group Online_Resource: http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/index.php?pg=nast and http://camex.nsstc.nasa.gov/camex3/instruments/nast-mts.html End_Group
NAST-MTS
Profilers/Sounders