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DMSP/F15, Special Sensor Microwave Imager, SSM/I

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/DMSP_5D-3/F15/SSM/I

Description

DMSP/F15, Special Sensor Microwave Imager, SSM/I, The SSM/I is a seven-channel, four-frequency, orthogonally polarized, passive microwave radiometric system that measures atmospheric, ocean and terrain microwave brightness temperatures at 19.35, 22.2, 37.0, and 85.5 GHz.

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Instrument

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Instrument/DMSP_5D-3/F15/SSM/I
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
DMSP/F15, Special Sensor Microwave Imager, SSM/I
ReleaseDate
2017-08-23 12:34:56.789
Description

DMSP/F15, Special Sensor Microwave Imager, SSM/I, The SSM/I is a seven-channel, four-frequency, orthogonally polarized, passive microwave radiometric system that measures atmospheric, ocean and terrain microwave brightness temperatures at 19.35, 22.2, 37.0, and 85.5 GHz.

Acknowledgement
DMSP Data Manager, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NESDIS
Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/DMSP.Data.Manager
2.MetadataContactspase://SMWG/Person/Lee.Frost.Bargatze
InformationURL
Name
Special Sensor Microwave Imager Web Site
URL
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/533
Description

Special Sensor Microwave Imager, SSM/I, Information and Details

InstrumentType
Imager
InvestigationName
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, DMSP
OperatingSpan
StartDate
1999-12-12 00:00:00
ObservatoryID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/DMSP_5D-3/F15