BackForwardInstrument:  AMR-CR 

Instrument details
Acronym AMR-CR
Full name Advanced Microwave Radiometer - CR
Purpose Water vapour correction for CRISTAL altimeter.
Short description

3-frequencies:18.7, 23.8 and 34 GHz. An experimental high-frequency component, HRMR is alongside for higher resolution, see HRMR page for details.
Background

Evolution of the AMR flown on JASON 2 and 3
Scanning Technique

Nadir-only viewing, associated to the CRISTAL radar altimeter
Resolution 25 km
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 1 month for 30 km average spacing, or in 10 days for 100 km average spacing
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NOAA
Instrument Maturity
Utilization Period: 2028 to 2036
Last update: 2025-04-14
Detailed characteristics
Channel number Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation
1 18.7 200 Linear
2 23.8 400 Linear
3 34 700 Linear
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive microwave radiometer
  • Cross-track, special or non-scanning microwave radiometer
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)*4 - fairOver sea only.. Along-track only.MW channel(s) in the water vapour band around 23 GHz