ATMS
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ATMS is a microwave sounder instrument aboard NOAA and NASA weather satellites that measures atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ATMS canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1745297 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ATMS Context triple: [Joint Polar Satellite System, instrument, ATMS]
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ATMB
ATMB is a French company responsible for managing and operating major alpine transport infrastructure, including the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
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B.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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C.
ATAS
ATAS is the commonly used acronym for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization best known for administering the Primetime Emmy Awards.
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D.
ATC
ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) is a widely used international system for classifying drugs according to the organ or system they act on and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties.
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E.
Weather Machine
Weather Machine is a kinetic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture in Portland, Oregon, that theatrically forecasts the day's weather with sound, light, and changing metal symbols.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ATMS Target entity description: ATMS is a microwave sounder instrument aboard NOAA and NASA weather satellites that measures atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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A.
ATMB
ATMB is a French company responsible for managing and operating major alpine transport infrastructure, including the Mont Blanc Tunnel.
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B.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
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C.
ATAS
ATAS is the commonly used acronym for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization best known for administering the Primetime Emmy Awards.
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D.
ATC
ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System) is a widely used international system for classifying drugs according to the organ or system they act on and their therapeutic, pharmacological, and chemical properties.
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E.
Weather Machine
Weather Machine is a kinetic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture in Portland, Oregon, that theatrically forecasts the day's weather with sound, light, and changing metal symbols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microwave sounder instrument
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satellite remote sensing instrument ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder ⓘ |
| aboard |
NASA weather satellites
ⓘ
NOAA weather satellites ⓘ
linked to:
Polar Operational Environmental Satellites
NOAA-20 satellite ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA-20
NOAA-21 satellite ⓘ
linked to:
NOAA-21
Suomi NPP satellite ⓘ |
| agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ |
| application |
atmospheric profiling over oceans
ⓘ
data continuity for microwave sounding records ⓘ precipitation monitoring ⓘ severe weather forecasting ⓘ |
| coverage | global ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
humidity sounding profiles
ⓘ
microwave brightness temperatures ⓘ temperature sounding profiles ⓘ |
| designedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| designedFor |
climate research
ⓘ
operational meteorology ⓘ |
| fullName | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder ⓘ |
| measures |
atmospheric moisture profiles
ⓘ
atmospheric temperature profiles ⓘ microwave radiances ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NASA
ⓘ
NOAA ⓘ |
| orbits | polar orbit ⓘ |
| partOf | Joint Polar Satellite System ⓘ |
| platformType | polar-orbiting meteorological satellite ⓘ |
| spectralRegion | microwave ⓘ |
| successorOf |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
Microwave Humidity Sounder ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
|
| usedFor |
atmospheric sounding
ⓘ
climate monitoring ⓘ global weather forecasting ⓘ numerical weather prediction data assimilation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: ATMS Description of subject: ATMS is a microwave sounder instrument aboard NOAA and NASA weather satellites that measures atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles for global weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.