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This instrument, SSM/T-2, is designed to provide global monitoring of the concentration of water vapor in the atmosphere under all sky conditions by taking advantage of the reduced sensitivity of the microwave region to cloud attenuation.

SSM/T-2 is a cross-tracking scanning, five channel, passive total power microwave radiometer system which consists of a single, self-contained module with a step-scan motion in the cross-track direction of +/- 40.5 degrees. The SSM/T-2 scan mechanism is synchronized with the SSM/T-1 so that the beam cell patterns of the two sensor coincide. SSM/T-2 has three channels situated symmetrically about the 183.31 GHz water vapor resonance line and two window channels. This instrument was flown on all DMSP Block 5D-2 satellites starting with F11 (launched in 1991).

The SSM/T-2 observation rate is 7.5 scans per minute. There are 28 observations (beam positions) per scan for each of the five channels, with each observation having a spatial resolution of approximately 48 km. All five channels have coincident centers. The total swath width for the SSM/T-2 is approximately 1500 km.

URL for further information: http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/uso/readme/ssmt2.html


Group: Instrument_Details
   Entry_ID: SSM/T-2
   Group: Instrument_Identification
      Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
      Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing
      Instrument_Type: Profilers/Sounders
      Short_Name: SSM/T-2
      Long_Name: Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature Profiler
   End_Group
   Group: Associated_Platforms
      Short_Name: DMSP 5D-2/F11
      Short_Name: DMSP 5D-2/F12
      Short_Name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
      Short_Name: DMSP 5D-2/F14
      Short_Name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
   End_Group
   Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information
      Wavelength_Keyword: Microwave
      Number_Channels: 3
      Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 183.31 GHz
   End_Group
   Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1994-057A-07
   Online_Resource: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/sensors/ssmt2.html
   Group: Instrument_Logistics
      Instrument_Owner: Department of Defense-Department of the Air Force (United States)
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