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Instrument

AMMS
Advanced Microwave Moisture Sounder

The Airborne Microwave Moisture Sounder (AMMS) is an airborne microwave radiometer developed at Georgia Tech. It operates across four channels (92, 174, 178, and 181 GHz) to measure brightness temperature during precipitation events. AMMS has an angular resolution of 2 degrees at 92 GHz and 1 degree at 183 GHz. It scans over a 45-degree range about nadir and completes a full scan in 4 seconds.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Land Surface
4 s
N/A
92 GHz, 174 GHz, 178 GHz, 181 GHz
Currently unavailable

  • James Wang

  • James Wang

  • Georgia Tech

  • NASA

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

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TOGA COARE

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere - Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

1992—1993
Western Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea
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1 Deployment
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Data Products