AMSU-B > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B

 (MI_Instrument) uuid: 8293FAD4B88275F2E040AC8C5AB4576F
    citation:  (CI_Citation)
        title:  NOAA KLM User's Guide, Section 3.4, Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B)
        date:  (CI_Date)
            date:  2000-09
            dateType:  (CI_DateTypeCode) publication
        edition:  revision
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            code:  gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:25182
        citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            individualName:  Goodrum, Geoffrey (ed.)
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
        citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            individualName:  Kidwell, Kathy B. (ed.)
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
        citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            individualName:  Winston, Wayne (ed.)
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
        citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
            individualName:  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) publisher
    identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
        code:  AMSU-B > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B
    type:  sounder
    description:  Instrument Type: sounder, Operational Mode: cross-track, Collection Type: continuous line scanning, Other Information: AMSU-B is a 5 channel cross-track, continuous line scanning, total power microwave radiometer. The instrument has an instantaneous field-of-view of 1.1 degrees. Spatial resolution at nadir is nominally 16 km (9.94 mi). The antenna provides a cross-track scan, scanning +48.95 degrees (-48.95 degrees) from nadir with a total of 90 Earth fields-of-view per scan line. This instrument completes one scan every 8/3 seconds.