TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography InterferometerGLISTIN-ADelwyn Moller (PI)JPLGulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRCInterferometer, RadarTopography
Ground
Cross-track scanning
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper ExperimentALTMSteve Young (PI)NASA LaRCDC-8 - AFRCLidarTopography
Ground
Cross-track scanning
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometerAirMISRDave Diner (PI)JPLER-2 - AFRCCamera, SpectrometerTopography
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 70.5, 60, 45.6, 26.1)
11000 m (at 20 km)
27.5 m (at 20 km)
446 nm; 558 nm; 672 nm; 866 nm
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
Global Ice-sheet Mapping OrbiterGISMOKen Jezek (PI)Ohio StateP-3 Orion - WFFInterferometer, RadarTopography
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser AltimeterMMLAPhil Dabney (PI)NASA GSFCP-3 Orion - WFFCamera, PhotometerTopography
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice SounderPARISKeith Raney (PI)JHU APLP-3 Orion - WFFRadarTopography
Ground
Nadir (directly downwards)