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Instrument details
Acronym SHF
Full name Passive MW Radiometer
Purpose Multi-purpose MW radiometry
Short description 4-frequency / 8-channel MW radiometer: 7.5 GHz, 19.4 GHz, 22.22 GHz and 37.5 GHz, all with dual polarisation
Background New development
Scanning Technique Conical scanning, swath 900 km
Resolution 20 km at 37.5 GHz, 100 km at 7.5 GHz
Coverage / Cycle Global in 1.5 days
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity
Utilization Period: 1974 to 1983
Last update: 2013-02-14
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive microwave radiometer
  • Conical scanning microwave radiometer
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • MW imagery [in SSO]
  • MW imager [in SSO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Sea surface temperature
  • Wind speed (near surface)
Evaluation of Measurements