Profilers/Sounders
SAPHIR (Sondeur Atmosphérique du Profil d'Humidité Intertropicale par Radiométrie) is a sounding instrument with 6 channels near the absorption band of water vapor at 183 Ghz. These channels provide relatively narrow weighting functions from the surface to about 10 km, allowing retrieving water vapor profiles in the cloud free troposphere. The scanning is cross-track, up to an incidence angle of 50°. The resolution at nadir is of 10 km. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SAPHIR Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Profilers/Sounders Short_Name: SAPHIR Long_Name: Sondeur Atmosphérique du Profil d'Humidité Intertropicale par Radiométrie End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: Megha-Tropiques End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 0.2 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 1.1 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 2.8 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 4.2 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 6.8 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: MICROWAVE Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 ± 11 End_Group Online_Resource: http://meghatropiques.ipsl.polytechnique.fr/instruments.html Creation_Date: 2012-01-23 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
SAPHIR