Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
MSR
As a parabolic antenna revolves, the microwave scanning radiometer (MSR) continuously scans the earth surface conically for a width of 317 km. During this process, the MSR receives weak radio waves in the two frequency bands of 23.8 and 31.4 GHz. Its resolution in terms of earth area is 32 km in the 23.8 GHz band and 23 km in the 31.4 GHz band. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wavelength/ GHz Frequency 23.8 31.4 Resolution 32Km 23Km Sensitivity/ 1K 1K SN Swath 320Km Application Fields 23.8GHz Water vapor content, rainfall area measurement and snowfall measurement 31.4GHz Ice measurement, measurement of water content in cloud and snowfall measurement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MSR has flown on the following NASDA satellites: MOS-1, and MOS-1b. _______________ Contributed by: Tasuku Tanaka, Earth Observation Program Office Director, Program Planning and Management Department, National Space Development Agency of Japan Head Office, Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Takeshi Osugi, Earth Observation Center Director, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Ohashi Hatoyama-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama pref, Japan Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: MSR 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: MSR Long_Name: Microwave Scanning Radiometer End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: MOS-1 Short_Name: MOS-1B End_Group End_Group