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== Special Sensor Microwave Imager ==
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Abbreviated SSM/I.) A passive conical-scanning multichannel  [[microwave]] radiometer on [[DMSP]] satellites that is used to derive parameters such as land and [[sea surface temperature|sea  surface temperature]], ocean surface [[wind speed]], [[precipitable water]], [[rainfall rate]], and [[snow cover|snow]]/ [[ice cover]].</div><br/> </div>
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