S-HIS
type: Concept
in scheme: instruments
definition: S-HIS is an airborne instrument that measures emitted thermal radiation at high spectral resolution between 3.3 and 18 microns. S-HIS produces sounding data (vertical profiles of temperature and other parameters) with 2 kilometer resolution (at nadir) across a 40 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 20 kilometers when aboard a NASA ER-2 aircraft or 20 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 10 kilometers when aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft. The radiance measurements are used to obtain temperature and water vapor profiles of the Earth's atmosphere.
change note: 2017-06-16 15:08:09.0 [sritz] update Definition (Definition provided by GHRC DAAC: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/);
change note: 2017-06-16 15:05:30.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (S-HIS [e90b119b-ed2d-42ea-b526-c3a8d74b569a,309667] - Profilers/Sounders [4190ebdc-e89a-4f3f-bc74-b2af4c68d009,289639]);
change note: 2017-06-16 15:07:02.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: S-HIS is an airborne instrument that measures emitted thermal radiation at high spectral resolution between 3.3 and 18 microns. S-HIS produces sounding data (vertical profiles of temperature and other parameters) with 2 kilometer resolution (at nadir) across a 40 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 20 kilometers when aboard a NASA ER-2 aircraft or 20 kilometer ground swath from a nominal altitude of 10 kilometers when aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft. The radiance measurements are used to obtain temperature and water vapor profiles of the Earth's atmosphere. language code: en);

Profilers/Sounders
type: Concept