SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder |
(MI_Instrument) uuid: 8293FAD4B8A075F2E040AC8C5AB4576F citation: (CI_Citation) title: SSM/I and SSMIS Monitoring and Documentation date: (CI_Date) date: 2007-04-12 dateType: (CI_DateTypeCode) publication identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: gov.noaa.ngdc.fgdccitation:26192 citedResponsibleParty: (CI_ResponsibleParty) organisationName: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce positionName: Customer Services Branch contactInfo: (CI_Contact) phone: (CI_Telephone) voice: 828-271-4800 facsimile: 828-271-4876 address: (CI_Address) deliveryPoint: 151 Patton Avenue Room 468 city: Asheville administrativeArea: North Carolina postalCode: 28801-5001 country: USA electronicMailAddress: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov hoursOfService: 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern contactInstructions: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdccontacts.html role: (CI_RoleCode) originator identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder type: imager and sounder description: Instrument Type: imager and sounder, Operational Mode: crosstrack, Collection Type: conical, Other Information: The SSMIS sensor is a passive conically scanning microwave radiometer that combines and extends the current imaging and sounding capabilities of three previously separate DMSP microwave sensors: the SSM/T-1 temperature sounder, the SSMI/T- 2 moisture sounder, and the SSM/I. The SSMIS instrument measures microwave energy at 24 discrete frequencies from 19 to 183 GHz with a swath width of 1700 km. |