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Appendix G Earth Science Passive Sensor Needs Above 71 GHz
Pages 109-113

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... 109 APPENDIX G Appendix G Earth Science Passive Sensor Needs Above 71 GHz Tables G.1 and G.2 present the panel's summary of Earth science passive sensor needs and current allocations above 71 GHz.
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... , Mobile surface, water vapor, cloud parameters for water vapor sounding 164 168 AMSR2, CMHS, IMAS, Primary Radio Astronomy, Cloud water, rain, ice; ClO GEM, GeoSTAR (exclusive passive) Space Research line at 164.38 GHz; ClO line (passive)
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... , O3 line at 235.71 GHz, limb; Mobile, Space O3 line at 237.15 GHz, limb Research (passive) 250 252 Primary Space Research NO line at 251.21 GHz, limb (exclusive passive)
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... 112 HANDBOOK OF FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND SPECTRUM PROTECTION FOR SCIENTIFIC USES TABLE G.2 Passive Sensor Needs and Current Allocations Above 275 GHz Allocated Band (GHz) Other Earth Observing Current Primary Lower Upper System Instruments Allocation Services Notes 275 277 5.565 NO line at 276.33 GHz, limb 296 300 MLS, MASTER None Want 296-306 GHz; window, line wings 300 302 MLS, MASTER 5.565 Want 296-306 GHz; NO line at 301.44 GHz; O3 line, limb; N2O line; O2 line 302 306 None Want 296-306 GHz Want ±9.0 or 9.5 GHz around 325 GHz 316 324 None Want ±9.0 or 9.5 GHz, nadir water vapor 324 326 MASTER 5.565 from GEO, limb from LEO; H2O, water vapor sounding at 325.1 GHz Want ±9.0 or 9.5 GHz around 325 GHz 326 334 None 336 344 GEM None Need 339-348 GHz for water vapor sounding, precipitation cell imaging, and Cloud Ice Water Path measurement 345 347 MASTER 5.565 Want 339-348 GHz; CO line at 345.8 GHz, limb; HNO3 line at 346 GHz 347 348 None Want 339-348 GHz 363 365 5.565 O3 line at 364.32 GHz, limb 371.5 379 None Water vapor line at 380.2 GHz; need 17 GHz for close to nadir sounding from GEO 379 381 GEM 5.565 Water vapor line at 380.2 GHz; need 17 GHz for close to nadir sounding from GEO 381 388.5 None Water vapor line at 380.2 GHz; need 17 GHz for close to nadir sounding from GEO 409 411 GEM None Temperature sounding, centered at 410 GHz 416 433 GEM None Temperature sounding centered at 424.7 or 2 bands above 485 487 ODIN None O2 line at 486 GHz, limb 498 505 SOPRANO, MASTER None BrO line at 498.1 GHz, limb; O3 line at 498.2 GHz, limb; N2O line at 498.3 GHz, limb; H2O line at 498.4 GHz, limb; ClO line at 498.5 GHz, limb; CH3Cl line at 498.6 GHz, limb; Water vapor sounding, near nadir GEO at 498-502 GHz
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... 113 APPENDIX G TABLE G.2 Continued Allocated Band (GHz) Other Earth Observing Current Primary Lower Upper System Instruments Allocation Services Notes 523 527 None Water vapor sounding, near nadir GEO 538 542 None Water vapor sounding, near nadir GEO 541 558 None Lines of HNO3 and O3, limb 547 584 ODIN None Mesospheric H2O 552 562 None Water vapor sounding, near nadir GEO 563 580.4 ODIN None Lines of ClO and O3 624 629 SMILES, SOPRANO None ClO2 line at 624.271 GHz, limb; SO2 line at 624.344 GHz, limb; BrO line at 624.77 GHz, limb; O3 line at 625.656 GHz, limb; HCl line at 625.9 GHz, limb; CH3Cl line at 627.177 GHz, limb; O2 line at 627.773 GHz, limb; HOCl line at 628.46 GHz, limb 640 653 MLS (new)
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