Title :
In-orbit performance of Microwave Humidity Sounder (MWHS) of the Chinese FY-3 meteorological satellite
Author :
Li, Jing ; Zhang, Shengwei ; Jiang, Jingshan ; Dong, Xiaolong
Author_Institution :
Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
FY-3A (Feng Yun means wind and cloud in Chinese) meteorological satellite of China was successfully launched on May 27, 2008. MWHS (MicroWave Humidity Sounder) is a very important payload for measuring global atmospheric water vapour profiles. In this paper, the authors will describe the system configuration and parameters of MWHS. Moreover it gives the testing results in-orbit and comparing with AMSU-B which has been installed on NOAA-17.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; AD 2008 05 27; AMSU-B instrument; Chinese FY-3 meteorological satellite; MWHS instrument; Microwave Humidity Sounder; global atmospheric water vapour profile; in orbit performance; Atmospheric measurements; Humidity; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Typhoons; FY-3A satellite; MWHS; humidity sounding; in-orbit performance;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651422
