NPP Satellite Acquires First ATMS Measurements
January 15, 2013
This global image shows the ATMS channel 18-microwave antenna temperature at 183.3 GHz on November 8, 2011. This channel measures atmospheric water vapor; note that Tropical Storm Sean is visible in the data, as the blue patch, in the Atlantic off the coast of the Southeastern United States. The ATMS data were processed at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, Md. Credit: NASA/NOAA
Topics:
Psychrometrics, Thermodynamics, Earth, Spacecraft, Technology, Weather, Environment, Tropical Storm Sean, NPOESS Preparatory Project, radio technology, Weather satellites, Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, Water vapor, wireless, Electromagnetic spectrum, Microwave, Automated teller machine, Meteorology
