TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Airborne Topographic MapperATMWilliam Krabill (Prev PI)NASA WFFC-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, HU-25A Guardian - LaRCLidarTopography
Ground
Cross-track scanning
0.2 m (at 0.8 km)
532 nmPulsed at 5 kHz
Ames Extinction Scattering Optical Property InstrumentAESOPAnthony Strawa (PI)NASA ARCTwin Otter - GRCParticle Extinction, Single Scattering Albedo
In situ
1 Hz
405 nm; 675 nm
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption SpectrometerCO2LASGary Spiers (PI)JPLDC-8 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRCSpectrometer (in situ)CO2
In situ
Cloud Integrating NephelometerCINHermann Gerber (PI)Gerber Scientific, Inc.C-130H - WFF, Citation, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSCOptical particle counterAsymmetry Parameter, Optical Extinction Coefficient, Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio
In situ
4-2500 µm
Digital Camera SystemDCSJames D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)USRAB200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSCCameraImagery
Ground
Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
GRC Hyperspectral ImagerHSI3.1Roger Tokars (PI)NASA GRCTwin Otter - GRCCamera400-900 nm
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions SpectrometerHyTESSimon Hook (PI)JPLTwin Otter - GRC, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSCSpectrometerTemperature
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
3590 m (at 4 km)
7 m (at 4 km)
7.5-12 µm
Ku-band Radar AltimeterCarl Leuschen (PI)U KansasDC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFFRadarSea Ice Surface Elevation
Ground
13-17 GHz
Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth SounderMCoRDSCarl Leuschen (PI)U KansasDC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRCRadarIce Sheet Thickness
Ground
Cross-track scanning
20-60 MHz
Passive Active L- and S-band SensorPALSSid Misra (PI)JPLC-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRCRadar, Scatterometer, RadiometerRadar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture
Ground
Cross-track scanning
1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHzscatterometer
Polarimetric Ku-Band ScatterometerPolSCATSteven J Dinardo (PI)JPLC-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRCRadar, ScatterometerRadar backscatter
Ground
Conical scanning
13.95 GHz
Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting LidarSIMPLDavid Harding (PI)NASA GSFCLearjet 25, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRCLidarSea Ice Surface Elevation, Ice Sheet Thickness
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
TSI 3563 Integrating NephelometerTSI NephCessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, Twin Otter (DOE)Particle Extinction
In situ
1 Hz
450 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm40 nm bandwidth
Warm Ice Sounding ExplorerWISEYonggyu Gim (PI)JPLDC-3, Twin Otter - GRCSounderIce Sheet Thickness
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)