--- aliases: - context: instrumentID lexicon: ceos term: 865 url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=865 - context: Instrument lexicon: ceos term: MADRAS url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#M cited_by: [] contributors: - display_name: "Contributor : Centre National D'études Spatiales " href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3715.yaml id: 3715 organization: country_code: FR display_name: "Centre National D'études Spatiales " identifier: centre-national-d-etudes-spatiales name: "Centre National D'études Spatiales " organization_type_identifier: national type: organization url: http://www.cnes.fr organization_uri: /organization/centre-national-d-etudes-spatiales person: {} person_id: ~ person_uri: ~ role_type_identifier: contributor uri: /contributor/3715 - display_name: 'Contributor : Indian Space Research Organisation ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3726.yaml id: 3726 organization: country_code: IN display_name: Indian Space Research Organisation identifier: indian-space-research-organisation name: Indian Space Research Organisation organization_type_identifier: national type: organization url: http://www.isro.org/ organization_uri: /organization/indian-space-research-organisation person: {} person_id: ~ person_uri: ~ role_type_identifier: contributor uri: /contributor/3726 description: Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer description_attribution: ~ display_name: microwave-analysis-and-detection-of-rain-and-atmospheric-structures files: [] href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/microwave-analysis-and-detection-of-rain-and-atmospheric-structures.yaml identifier: microwave-analysis-and-detection-of-rain-and-atmospheric-structures name: Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures parents: [] platforms: - description: 'Megha-Tropiques (or MT) is a cooperative experimental mission of ISRO and CNES, the space agencies of India and France, with the objective to study the convective systems (water cycle and energetic exchanges) that affect the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone), in particular in the latitudes between 10º and 20º, with satisfactory temporal sampling. The most energetic tropical systems, such as the cloud clusters of the ITCZ, the monsoon systems and the tropical cyclones, extend over hundreds of kilometers. Hence, a ground resolution of about 10 km is adequate for these observations. Megha-Tropiques, with its unique combination of scientific payloads and its special near-equatorial orbit (offering improved data sampling of the ITCZ), is expected to provide valuable data for climate research. - Note: Megha means “cloud” in Sanskrit; Tropiques is the French word for “tropics.”' description_attribution: 'Megha-Tropiques (or MT) is a cooperative experimental mission of ISRO and CNES, the space agencies of India and France, with the objective to study the convective systems (water cycle and energetic exchanges) that affect the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone), in particular in the latitudes between 10º and 20º, with satisfactory temporal sampling. The most energetic tropical systems, such as the cloud clusters of the ITCZ, the monsoon systems and the tropical cyclones, extend over hundreds of kilometers. Hence, a ground resolution of about 10 km is adequate for these observations. Megha-Tropiques, with its unique combination of scientific payloads and its special near-equatorial orbit (offering improved data sampling of the ITCZ), is expected to provide valuable data for climate research. - Note: Megha means “cloud” in Sanskrit; Tropiques is the French word for “tropics.”' identifier: megha-tropiques name: Megha-Tropiques uri: /platform/megha-tropiques references: [] type: instrument uri: /instrument/microwave-analysis-and-detection-of-rain-and-atmospheric-structures