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Deimos
Dual-frequency Extension to In-flight Microwave Observing System

The Dual-frequency Extension to In-flight Microwave Observing System (Deimos) is an airborne passive microwave radiometer developed by the UK Met Office. It measures brightness temperature at 23.8 and 50.1 GHz to study clouds, precipitation, and various surfaces, including sea, land, and ice. It has a scan period of 3 seconds and a half-power beamwidth of 10 degrees. Deimos is typically used on the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, alongside the Microwave Airborne Radiometer Scanning System (MARSS).

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
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23.8 GHz, 50.1 GHz
http://tim.hewison.org/DeimosDesignReport.pdfExternal Link

  • Tim Hewison

  • Tim Hewison

  • UK Met Office

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

JAIVEx

Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment

2007
Ellington Field (EFD), Houston, TX
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1 Deployment
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