AMSR-E Sensor Characteristics
•Freq. (GHZ)      6.9    10.65    18.7     23.8    36.5    89
•Polarization      H&V     H&V       H&V      H&V      H&V   H&V
•IFOV (km)       75x43   51x30    27x16    31x18    14x8    6x4
•Sens (K)             0.3       0.6         0.6        0.6        0.6      1.1
•Int. time(msec)   2.6       2.6         2.6         2.6        2.6     1.3
•Beamwidth (o)     2.2      1.4         0.8         0.9        0.4    0.18
•Swath width   –   1445 km
•Satellite altitude – 705 km
As indicated in this table, AMSR-E is a big improvement over SSM/I