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Data Description

    Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder - The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) system consisted of three instruments: the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 2 (HIRS/2), the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU). This system was onboard the NOAA-6 through NOAA-14 and TIROS-N satellites. The Advanced TOVS (ATOVS) replaced the TOVS instruments starting from NOAA-15 onwards. It consists of HIRS/3, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) and AMSU-B. The Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS), developed by EUMETSAT, replaced AMSU-B on NOAA-18 and the European MetOp satellites. Currently the ATOVS is generating products from the NOAA-15, 16, 18 and METOP-A satellites. This instrument package provides information on temperature and humidity profiles, total ozone, clouds and radiation on a global scale.

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Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) Level 1B
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) Level 1B
Microwave Humidity Sounder Level 1b
High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Level 1B
Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Level 1B
Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) Level 1B


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Receiving Station
Dundee, Scotland, UK
Gilmore Creek, AK
Honolulu, HI
McMurdo Antarctic Data Acquisition
Monterey, CA
NOAA Svalbard Antennae
SOCC
Svalbard
Western Europe
Wallops Island, VA


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