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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accumulation Radar | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 600-900 MHz | when operated from aircraft | |||||
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 | |||||
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Snow Thickness Radar | FMCW | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2-8 GHz |