{"ob_id":14,"uuid":"3539b96f18644d78aae71517fecfb7e2","title":"TOVS - Stratospheric Sounder Unit (SSU)","abstract":"The Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) is one of 3 sub-instruments of the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) system flown on successive spacecraft in the TIROS-N/NOAA series of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) since 1978. SSU uses the technique of pressure modulation radiometry to measure radiation emitted by CO2 3 channels in the infra-red. This instrument has the highest vertical resolution in the stratosphere.","keywords":"","identifier_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/11/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/12/?format=json"],"instrumentType":"instrument","subInstrument":[],"responsiblepartyinfo_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/30/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/29/?format=json"]}