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The next generation of microwave sounders—the Advanced Technology Micro-wave Sounder (ATMS)—will be flown on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) starting with the NPOESS Preparatory Program (NPP) in 2006. The ATMS has nearly the same functional requirements as those from the current operational microwave sensor suite of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A and -B flown on the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). However the instrument design of ATMS is very different. The significant differences are the much smaller volume, weight and power consumption of ATMS and the extended off-nadir view angle which results in no gaps between successive orbits.
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Goldberg, M.D., Weng, F. (2006). Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder. In: Qu, J.J., Gao, W., Kafatos, M., Murphy, R.E., Salomonson, V.V. (eds) Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37293-6_13
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