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Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder - The TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) system consisted of three instruments: the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Version 2 (HIRS/2), the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU). This system was onboard the NOAA-6 through NOAA-14 and TIROS-N satellites. The Advanced TOVS (ATOVS) replaced the TOVS instruments starting from NOAA-15 onwards. It consists of HIRS/3, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) and AMSU-B. The Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS), developed by EUMETSAT, replaced AMSU-B on NOAA-18 and the European MetOp satellites. Currently the ATOVS is generating products from the NOAA-15, 16, 18 and METOP-A satellites. This instrument package provides information on temperature and humidity profiles, total ozone, clouds and radiation on a global scale.

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Datatype Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) Level 1B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) Level 1B Microwave Humidity Sounder Level 1b High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Level 1B Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Level 1B Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) Level 1B Node Ascending Descending Either

Receiving Station Dundee, Scotland, UK Gilmore Creek, AK Honolulu, HI McMurdo Antarctic Data Acquisition Monterey, CA NOAA Svalbard Antennae SOCC Svalbard Western Europe Wallops Island, VA Satellite METOP-CMETOP-BMETOP-ANOAA-19NOAA-18NOAA-17NOAA-16NOAA-15NOAA-14NOAA-12NOAA-11NOAA-10NOAA-09NOAA-08NOAA-07NOAA-06TIROS-N

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