SSMIS F17
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The Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) continues the legacy of passive microwave instruments carried aboard Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites. Beginning with the launch of the DMSP F-16 satellite on 18 October 2003, the SSMIS marks the commencement of a new series of passive microwave conically scanning imagers and sounders planned for launch over the next two decades. https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mirs/ssmis.php
JEDI HofX
For each variable and/or satellite channel, shown are the observation counts (left), O-B RMSD (center), and O-B bias (right).
Click on any variable name below to expand and view the plots.
brightness_temperature_5
![brightness_temperature_5 count](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_5_latlon_count.png)
![brightness_temperature_5 ombg_rmsd](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_5_latlon_ombg_rmsd.png)
![brightness_temperature_5 ombg_bias](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_5_latlon_ombg_bias.png)
brightness_temperature_6
![brightness_temperature_6 count](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_6_latlon_count.png)
![brightness_temperature_6 ombg_rmsd](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_6_latlon_ombg_rmsd.png)
![brightness_temperature_6 ombg_bias](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_6_latlon_ombg_bias.png)
brightness_temperature_7
![brightness_temperature_7 count](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_7_latlon_count.png)
![brightness_temperature_7 ombg_rmsd](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_7_latlon_ombg_rmsd.png)
![brightness_temperature_7 ombg_bias](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_7_latlon_ombg_bias.png)
brightness_temperature_23
![brightness_temperature_23 count](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_23_latlon_count.png)
![brightness_temperature_23 ombg_rmsd](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_23_latlon_ombg_rmsd.png)
![brightness_temperature_23 ombg_bias](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_23_latlon_ombg_bias.png)
brightness_temperature_24
![brightness_temperature_24 count](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_24_latlon_count.png)
![brightness_temperature_24 ombg_rmsd](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_24_latlon_ombg_rmsd.png)
![brightness_temperature_24 ombg_bias](https://plot-jedi-realtime.s3.amazonaws.com/plot/master/geos/c720/hofx/2021_08/20210816_1500Z/hofx_geos_c720_ncdiag_ssmis-f17_PT6H_20210816_1500Z_brightness_temperature_24_latlon_ombg_bias.png)