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 |
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Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer | AESMIR | Edward Kim (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Imagery, Snow Thickness, Sea Ice Surface Elevation, H2O, Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 6-100 GHz | |||||
Ku-band Radar Altimeter | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFF | Radar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| 13-17 GHz | |||||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band | PSR/CX | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 5.8-6.2 GHz; 6.3-6.7 GHz; 6.75-7.1 GHz; 7.15-7.5 GHz; 4 channels at 10.6-10.8 GHz | |||||
Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar | SIMPL | David Harding (PI) | NASA GSFC | Learjet 25, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Lidar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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