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Instrument: GOES N-P SOUNDER |
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Associated Platforms GOES-14 GOES-P GOES-13 Spectral/Frequency Information Wavelength Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Number Channels: 7 Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 12.02 μm - 14.71 μm Wavelength Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Number Channels: 5 Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 6.51 μm - 11.03 μm Wavelength Keyword: Visible Number Channels: 1 Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.70 μm Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description The GOES Sounder is a 19-channel discrete-filter radiometer covering the spectral range from the visible channel wavelengths to 15 microns. It is designed to provide data from which atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles, surface and cloud-top temperatures, and ozone distribution can be deduced by mathematical analysis. It operates independently of and simultaneously with the Imager, using a similarly flexible scan system. The Sounder's multi-element detector array assemblies simultaneously sample four separate fields or atmospheric columns. A rotating filter wheel, which brings spectral filters into the optical path of the detector array, provides the infrared channel definition. [Source GOES project home page] Online Resources http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/instruments/n_p_sounder.html http://www.osd.noaa.gov/GOES/index.htm Instrument Logistics Instrument Owner: USA/NOAA USA/NASA |
