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ESMR
Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer

The Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) is an airborne scanning microwave radiometer that measures brightness temperature at 19.35 GHz. It is nadir-mounted on the aircraft and has a 50-degree swath from nadir. ESMR has an integration time of 2 seconds and a beam width of 2.8 degrees. ESMR is typically used for airborne microwave measurements of precipitation in tropical storms.

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

Measurement Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature

Vertical Measurement Regions

Land Surface

Temporal Resolution

2 s

Spatial Resolution

N/A

Measurement Frequency

19.35 GHz

Calibration Details

Currently unavailable

Online Information

Lead Investigator
Thomas Wilheit
Technical Contact
Thomas Wilheit
Instrument Maker
Currently unavailable
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
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Repository
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Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Douglas DC-8

45 Campaigns · 182 Instruments

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere - Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

Western Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea

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· 1 Data Product

Data Products

There are no data products linked to this campaign in CASEI - yet.