| ER-2 Instrument Characteristics |
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Instrument Acronym |
Instrument Type | Temporal Resolution | Spatial Resolution | Data Vol/Mission |
| AMPR | Scanning radiometer (10, 19, 37, 85 GHz) | One 50-element scan every 3 seconds | 0.6 km at 85 GHz; 1.5 km at 37 GHz; 2.8 km at 10 19 GHz, (surface footprint) | 20-30 MB |
| EDOP | Doppler Radar | 2 Hz rate. (~100m along-track) | Vertical: 37.5 m; Horizontal: ~1.1 km at surface and ~0.55 km at 10 km | ~3.5 GB |
| LIP | Electric Field Mills, Conductivity probe | 10 Hz, continuous | ~20m | 30-50 MB |
| MAMS | Scanning visible/IR sensor | Continuous | 100 m, at nadir (surface) | ~1 GB |
| MAS | Scanning spectrometer | Continuous | 50 m, at nadir | 5-10 GB |
| MIR | Scanning radiometer (89, 150, 183, 220, 325 GHz) | One scan cycle every 3 seconds | ~1-2 km at surface | 20-25 MB |
| NAST-I | Scanning interferometer | Continuous | 2.5 km at nadir | 5-10 GB |
| NAST-MTS | Passive microwave radiometers | continuous scan, 6 sec period, 120 msec nominal integration time for raw data | 2.6 km from 20-km altitude at nadir | < 100 MB |
