Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | Anthony Guillory (Mgr) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 37 GHz; 85 GHz | |||||
Hurricane Imaging Radiometer | HIRAD | Daniel Cecil (PI) | NASA MSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 22000 m (at 11 km)
| 1000 m (at 11 km)
| 4-7 GHz | |||
X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer | LRR-X | Eric Smith (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Particle size distribution, Rain Rate | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz |