The advanced microwave sounding unit is a multi-channel microwave radiometer installed on meteorological satellites. The instrument examines several bands of microwave radiation from the atmosphere to
Flooding from Hurricane Isidore shown by AMSU channel 2
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NOAA-16, also known as NOAA-L before launch, was an operational, polar orbiting, weather satellite series operated by the National Environmental Satellite Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospher
NOAA-L before launch
Launch of NOAA-16
Image of Hurricane Katrina taken by NOAA-16 AVHRR instrument at 2010Z on August 28, 2005
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