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Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor(MAMS)
Sensor Characteristics:
The MAMS is a multispectral scanner which measures reflected
radiation from the earth's surface and clouds in 8 visible/near
infrared channels, and thermal emission in 4 infrared/thermal bands
from the surface, clouds, and atmospheric constituents (primarily water vapor).
Data Products
- Precipitable Water and Skin Temperature (land or sea surface):
derived from with a physical split window algorithm (Jedlovec 1987; Guillory et al 1993; Suggs and
Jedlovec 1986).
- Sea Surface Temperature
- Upper-level Humidity: retrieved with an empirical method similar to Soden and Bretherton (1993).
- Cloud Top Temperature and Height
References
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Guillory, A.R., G.J. Jedlovec, and
H.E.
Fuelberg, 1993: A Technique for Deriving Column-Integrated Water
Content
Using VAS Split-Window Data. J. Appl. Meteor. 32,
1226-1241.
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Jedlovec, G.J. ,1987:
Determination of atmospheric moisture structure from high resolution
MAMS radiance data., Ph.D. dissertation. Ph.D. Degree. The University of
Wisconsin-Madison, University Microfilm International, Ann Arbor, MI. 187.
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Soden, B.J. and F.P. Bretherton,
1993:
Upper tropospheric relative humidity from the GOES 6.7um channel:
Method
and climatology for July 1987. J. Geophys. Res. 98,
16669-16688.
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Suggs, R.J. and G.J. Jedlovec, 1996:
Evaluation of a split window technique for the retrieval of geophysical
parameters from GOES. In preparation for J. Appl. Meteor.
Data Availability:
TRMM TEFLUN-B/CAMEX-3 data from the
Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor
(MAMS) are now available from the Global Hydrology Resource Center
(GHRC) at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
GHRC User Services
Office
Global Hydrology and Climate
Center
977 Explorer Blvd.
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
Phone: 256-922-5932
Fax: 256-922-5859
E-mail:
ghrc@eos.nasa.gov
Technical information Contacts:
Additional informations on the
TEFLUN-B/CAMEX-3 MAMS data sets can be
obtained from the GHRC User Services Office (contact information
above),or from the MAMS Investigators & Data Producers:
Anthony Guillory
Global Hydrology and Climate
Center
977 Explorer Blvd.
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
Phone: 256-922-5894
Fax: 256-922-5723
E-mail: anthony.guilloryr@msfc.nasa.gov
or
Gary Jedlovec
Global Hydrology and Climate
Center
977 Explorer Blvd.
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
Phone: 256-922-5966
Fax: 256-922-5723
E-mail: gary.jedlovec@msfc.nasa.gov
Last update:Wed Dec 31 08:04:58 EST 2003
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