Northrop Grumman - Defining The Future

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03.01.2002

Animation looks down on Aqua and Earth from a vantage point in space. AMSR/E is a passive microwave radiometer instrument that will observe atmospheric, land, oceanic and cryospheric parameters, such as precipitation, sea surface temperatures, ice concentrations, snow depth and water content. AMSR/E rotates continuously at 40 revolutions per minute and has 12 channels with six frequencies