MHS data products

Carried on MetOp, the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) is a compact five-channel microwave radiometer that scans through the atmosphere to measure upwelling microwave radiation from the Earth at specific frequency bands. Since humidity in the atmosphere attenuate microwave radiation emitted from the surface of the Earth, it is possible, from the observations made by MHS, to derive a detailed picture of atmospheric humidity where the different channels relate to different altitudes. Temperature at the surface of the Earth can also be determined.