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The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS): A New Operational Sensor SeriesATMS is a new satellite microwave sounding sensor designed to provide operational weather agencies with atmospheric temperature and moisture profile information for global weather forecasting and climate applications. ATMS will continue the microwave sounding capabilities first provided by its predecessors, the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU). The first ATMS was launched October 28, 2011 on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. Microwave soundings by themselves are the highest-impact input data used by Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models; and ATMS, when combined with the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), forms the Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite (CrIMSS). The microwave soundings help meet NWP sounding requirements under cloudy sky conditions and provide key profile information near the surface
Document ID
20120015409
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Kim, Edward (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lyu, Cheng-H Joseph (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Leslie, R. Vince (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Lexington, MA, United States)
Baker, Neal (Aerospace Corp. United States)
Mo, Tsan (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service United States)
Sun, Ninghai (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service United States)
Bi, Li (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service United States)
Anderson, Mike (NGES United States)
Landrum, Mike (NGES United States)
DeAmici, Giovanni (NGAS United States)
Gu, Degui (NGAS United States)
Foo, Alex (NGAS United States)
Ibrahim, Wael (Raytheon Co. United States)
Robinson, Kris (Space Dynamics Lab. United States)
Chidester, Lynn
Shiue, James (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
July 23, 2012
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.CPR.7019.2012
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE 2012 Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Location: Munich
Country: Germany
Start Date: July 23, 2012
End Date: July 27, 2012
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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