The Microwave Atmospheric Sounder for Cubesat (MASC) is an airborne cross-track scanning microwave sounder developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It measures microwave radiances across eight channels near the 118 GHz oxygen and 183 GHz water vapor lines. These measurements can be used to derive atmospheric temperature and humidity. It has a spatial resolution of 15 km at the 183 GHz frequency and a spatial resolution of 20 km at the 118 GHz frequency. MASC scans at a rate of 30 revolutions per minute. MASC was designed to be a 6U CubeSat and serve as a prototype for the TEMPEST-D EVI-2 technology demonstrator.
Instrument Details
- Radar
- Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Microwave RadianceEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave
- Land Surface, Troposphere
- 0.5 Hz
- 15 km (183 GHz), 20 km (118 GHz)
- 118 GHz, 183 GHz
- Currently unavailble
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JPL
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