HAMSR
The High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) is an airborne microwave sounder developed under the NASA Instrument Incubator Program.
Operating with 25 spectral channels in 3 bands (50-60 Ghz, 118 Ghz, 183 Ghz), it provides measurements that can be used to infer the 3-D distribution of temperature, water vapor, and cloud liquid water in the atmosphere, even in the presence of clouds.
The latest version under development is Digital HAMSR.
Instrument specifics
- Status: ACTIVE
- Type: Spectrometer/Radiometer
- 50-60 GHz, 118 GHz, 183 GHz
- Horizontal spatial resolution of 2 km at nadir and a field of view of about 40 km at an altitude of 20 km
Platform(s)
- Global Hawk
- DC-8 (retired)
- ER-2
Campaigns flown
- CPEX, CPEX-AW, CPEX-CV
- HS3
- CalWater
- EPOCH
- GRIP
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