The CrIS and ATMS Sounders

Dills (COMET)

45 Min

Introduction:

This lesson introduces the capabilities of NOAA’s next-generation infrared and microwave sounders, the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS). Both fly on board the Suomi NPP satellite mission and constitute the foundation for NOAA’s operational space-based sounding capability on the next-generation JPSS polar-orbiting satellites. In addition to their complementary sounding duties, CrIS and ATMS provide capabilities and improvements for a variety of environmental products essential to weather forecasting and environmental monitoring. Some of these include products for NWP models, clouds, precipitation, aerosols, trace gases, as well as a variety of land and ocean surface properties.This lesson is part of the Satellite Foundational Course for JPSS (SatFC-J).

Objectives:

  • Describe the capabilities of the next-generation CrIS and ATMS sounders on board the Suomi NPP and JPSS polar-orbiting satellites
  • Identify key environmental products to which CrIS and ATMS observations contribute
  • Describe the roles of CrIS and ATMS within the NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing System (NUCAPS) for generating profiles of atmospheric temperature, moisture, and other trace gases

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