E Typical technical and operational characteristics of Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) systems operating below 275 GHz TABLE 12 EESS (passive) sensor characteristics operating between 86 and 92 GHz Sensor 3 Sensor 5 Sensor 6 Sensor 1 [CMIS] Sensor 2 [AMSU-A] Sensor 4 [ATMS] [MADRAS] Sensor type Conical scan Mechanical nadir scan Conical scan Mechanical scan Conical scan Conical scan parameters Altitude 828 km 833 km 705 km 824 km 865 km 835 km Inclination 98.7° 98.6° 98.2° 98.7° 20 98.85° Eccentricity 0.0015 0 Repeat period 17 days 9 days 16 days 9 days 7 days Sensor antenna parameters 30 Earth fields per 8 sec. 96 fields per scan Number of 1 2 2 scan period period Reflector diameter 0.6 m Maximum beam gain 56 dBi 34.4 dBi 60.5 dBi 37.9 dBi Polarization H, V V H, V QV H, V dB beamwidth 0.39° 3.3° 0.18° 2.2° −3 Instantaneous field of view 16 km × 12 km Nadir FOV: 48.5 km A:6.5 km × Nadir FOV: 31.6 km 12 km × 28 km Outer FOV: 149.1 × 79.4 km Outer FOV: 136.7 × 60 km 4 3.7 km B:5.9 km × 3.5 km Main beam efficiency 95% 95% 94.5% 95% 96% pointing angle 46.8° ±48.33 crosstrack A:47.5°, B:47.0° ±52.725 crosstrack 44.5
E Typical technical and operational characteristics of Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) systems operating below 275 GHz TABLE 12 EESS (passive) sensor characteristics operating between 86 and 92 GHz Sensor 1 [CMIS] Sensor 2 [AMSU-A] Sensor 3 Sensor 4 [ATMS] Sensor 5 [MADRAS] Sensor 6 Sensor type Conical scan Mechanical nadir scan Conical scan Mechanical scan Conical scan Conical scan parameters Altitude 828 km 833 km 705 km 824 km 865 km 835 km Inclination 98.7° 98.6° 98.2° 98.7° 20 98.85° Eccentricity 0.0015 0 Repeat period 17 days 9 days 16 days 9 days 7 days Sensor antenna parameters Number of 1 30 Earth fields per 8 sec. scan period 2 96 fields per scan period 2 Reflector diameter 0.6 m Maximum beam gain 56 dBi 34.4 dBi 60.5 dBi 37.9 dBi Polarization H, V V H, V QV H, V −3 dB beamwidth 0.39° 3.3° 0.18° 2.2° Instantaneous field of view 16 km × 12 km Nadir FOV: 48.5 km Outer FOV: 149.1 × 79.4 km A:6.5 km × 4 3.7 km B:5.9 km × 3.5 km Nadir FOV: 31.6 km Outer FOV: 136.7 × 60 km 12 km × 28 km Main beam efficiency 95% 95% 94.5% 95% 96% pointing angle 46.8° ±48.33 crosstrack A:47.5°, B:47.0° ±52.725 crosstrack 44.5
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