TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Coherent Radar Depth SounderCARDSPrasad Gogineni (PI)U KansasP-3 Orion - WFFSounder, RadarIce Sheet Thickness
Ground
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High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding RadiometerHAMSRShannon Brown (Mgr)JPLDC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRCSounder, Microwave RadiometerTemperature, H2O
Ground
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40000 m (at 20 km)
2000 m (at 20 km)
8 channels at 50-56 GHz; 10 channels at 113-119 GHz; 7 channels at 166-190 GHz
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-AircraftMOPITT-AJames Drummond (PI)ER-2 - AFRCSounderCO, CH4
Integrated vertical column
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Sea Surface Wind SpeedGPS-R WindsJim Garrison (PI)PurdueB200 - LARC, P-3 Orion - WFFSounderWind
Ground
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Warm Ice Sounding ExplorerWISEYonggyu Gim (PI)JPLDC-3, Twin Otter - GRCSounderIce Sheet Thickness
Ground
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