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•IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE: NO SSM/I!
–But, the NOAA-15 spacecraft has a new 16 km resolution sensor called the AMSU
(Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit).
–AMSU is split into two
sensor packages:
•AMSU-A (15
channels at 48 km resolution)
–AMSU-A channels range
from 50-60 GHz
–Channels 5, 6, 7, 8
are used to determine upper tropospheric
temperatures (100-350 mb)
•AMSU-B (5
channels at 16 km resolution)
–AMSU-B channels range
from 89-183 GHz
–Channels 16 (89 GHz)
and 17 (150 GHz) can be used for location
of tropical cyclone LLCC’s, like SSM/I.