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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Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Timothy Lang (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 19.35 GHz; 37.1 GHz; 85.5 GHz | |||||
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer | AMMR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | Convair 580 NRC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 10-92 GHz | ||||||
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar | ARMAR | Steve Durden (Co-I) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 9000 m (at 12 km)
| 800 m (at 12 km)
| 13.8 GHz | |||
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer | CoSSIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 170.5 GHz; 177.3 GHz; 180.3 GHz; 182.3 GHz; 325 GHz; 684 GHz | 2 channels (V & H) | |||
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer | CoSMIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 50.3 GHz; 52.8 GHz; 89 GHz; 165.5 GHz; 183.3 GHz | H-pol only | |||
Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph | ASTRO | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph | SLIT | Michael Winter (PI) | University of Kentucky | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer | MAPIR | Chip Laymon (PI) | NASA MSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Other vertical scanning
| 2 channels at 1400-1427 MHz; 2 channels at 1350-1450 MHz | |||||
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer | MIR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 89 GHz; 150 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 220 GHz | ||||||
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph | Echelle | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer | PSR | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning, Limb scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 18.7 GHz; 37 GHz; 89 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 | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead | PSR/A | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 nm; 18.7 nm; 37 nm | |||||
Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer | PHOT | Dick Spalding (PI) | Sandia Nat Lab | DC-8 - AFRC | Photometer, Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 380-600 nm; 600-900 nm | ||||||
Wind Radiometer | WINDRAD | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 17 GHz; 19 GHz; 37 GHz |