FY-3C Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite

National Satellite Meteorological Center/Chinese Meterological Administration, National Remote Sensing Centre of China
September, 2013 to September, 2016

The FY-3 series of CMA/NSMC (China Meteorological Administration/National Satellite Meteorological Center) represents the (follow-on of FY-1 series). The FY-3 series represents a cooperative program between CMA and CNSA (China National Space Administration); it was initially approved in 1998 and entered full-scale development in 1999. Key aspects of the FY-3 satellite series include collecting atmospheric data for intermediate- and long-term weather forecasting and global climate research.

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http://fy3.satellite.cma.gov.cn/arssen/

Instrument	Datasets
Total Ozone Unit & Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder	0
Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (10 channels)	0
Earth Radiation Measurement	0
Improved MicroWave Atmospheric Sounder	0
InfraRed Atmospheric Sounder	0
Medium Resolution Spectral Imager	0
Multichannel Infrared Atmospheric Sounder	0
Improved MicroWave Humidity Sounder	0
MicroWave Radiation Imager	0
Improved Microwave Temperature Sounder	0
Space Environment Suite, improved SEM	0
Solar Irradiation Monitor	0
Solar Irradiation Monitor-2	0

Also known as :

• missionID 368 (ceos lexicon)
• Mission FY-3C (ceos lexicon)