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PSR
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer

A microwave imaging radiometer developed by Georgia Institute of Technology and NOAA for obtaining polarimetric microwave emission imagery of the Earth's oceans, land, ice, clouds, and precipitation. The basic concept of the PSR is a set of polarimetric radiometers housed within a gimbal-mounted scanhead drum. The original system has been extended - as discussed below - to greatly exceed the original design objectives by providing additional radiometric channels and expanded platform capabilities.

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)

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Microwave Imagery
Troposphere
~10ms
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(A) 10.7, 18.7, 21.5, 37.0, 89 GHz, (C) 5.80-6.20, 6.30-6.70, 6.75-7.10, 7.15-7.50, 10.60-10.68, 10.68-10.70, 10.70-10.80, 10.60-10.80 GHz
https://psl.noaa.gov/technology/psr/External Link
SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005
Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico
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4 Deployments
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10.5067/CAMEX-3/RADIOMETER/DATA101External Link