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New GCMD keyword for Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission

Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 2:20 pm America/New_York
by PODAAC - celiaoued
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Spectrometers/Radiometers > Radiometers > AMR-C
Alternate names: Advanced Microwave Radiometer-C, Advanced Microwave Radiometer-Climate Quality
Description: The AMR-C instrument is provided by NASA/JPL with the objective to measure the altimeter signal path delay due to tropospheric water vapor. AMR-C measures the 18.7 GHz, 23.8 GHz and 34.0 GHz sea surface microwave brightness temperatures. AMR-C is a successor to the AMR heritage radiometers.
Rationale: This AMR instrument is not exactly the same as its predecessors and has its own name.

Re: New GCMD keyword for Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 7:50 am America/New_York
by GCMD - tstevens
Thank you for your keyword request. We will review it and get back to you shortly.

Re: New GCMD keyword for Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:45 pm America/New_York
by GCMD - sritz
Hello, keyword "AMR-C > Advanced Microwave Radiometer-C" has been added to the GCMD Instrument Keyword List.

View:
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/con ... sion=draft

This keyword will be made public on June 11 in GCMD Keyword Release 10.3.

Re: New GCMD keyword for Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:53 pm America/New_York
by PODAAC - celiaoued
Thank you so much!