---
aliases:
  - context: instrumentID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 329
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=329
  - context: Instrument
    lexicon: ceos
    term: SSU
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#S
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3716.yaml
    id: 3716
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
      identifier: national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration
      name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://www.noaa.gov/
    organization_uri: /organization/national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3716
description: Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
description_attribution: ~
display_name: stratospheric-sounding-unit
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/stratospheric-sounding-unit.yaml
identifier: stratospheric-sounding-unit
name: Stratospheric Sounding Unit
parents: []
platforms:
  - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    description_attribution: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-9
    name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9'
    uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-9
  - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    description_attribution: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-11
    name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 11'
    uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-11
  - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    description_attribution: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-13
    name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13'
    uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-13
  - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    description_attribution: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-14
    name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14'
    uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-14
  - description: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    description_attribution: 'The 5th generation series of POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) started with NOAA-K (NOAA-15) which was launched on a Titan II vehicle on May 13, 1998 from VAFB, CA into a morning orbit to replace the aging NOAA-12 satellite.'
    identifier: national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-12
    name: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 12'
    uri: /platform/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-12
references: []
type: instrument
uri: /instrument/stratospheric-sounding-unit