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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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 | |||||
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager | AirMSPI | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: variable between ±75, typical: 70, 60, 45, 26)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 55 m (at 20 km)
| 355 nm; 380 nm; 445 nm; 470 nm; 555 nm; 660 nm; 865 nm; 935 nm | |||
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 Submillimeter Radiometer | ASUR | Harry Kullmann (PI) | U Bremen | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | ClO, HCl, HNO3, N2O, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 604.3-662.3 GHz | |||||
BroadBand Radiometers | BBR | Anthony Bucholtz (PI) | NPS | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar and IR radiative flux; Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar radiative flux | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards) (angles: 0,180)
| 1 Hz
| 200-3600 nm; 4500-42000 nm | Solar Broadband | |||
Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion, C-131A University of Washington | Radiometer | Solar flux, Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement | CPFM | C. Thomas McElroy (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer, Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 300-770 nm | |||||||
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 | |||
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | Anthony Guillory (Mgr) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 37 GHz; 85 GHz | |||||
Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | ESTAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | ||||||||
HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package | HARP | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF, ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Actinic Flux, Irradiance | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-680 nm; 300-2400 nm | actinic flux | ||||
Hurricane Imaging Radiometer | HIRAD | Daniel Cecil (PI) | NASA MSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 22000 m (at 11 km)
| 1000 m (at 11 km)
| 4-7 GHz | |||
J(NO2) Radiometer | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Solar flux | |||||||||
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 | ||||||
MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer | MATR | John Gille (Prev PI) | NCAR | Citation | Radiometer | CO, CH4 | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 4.6 µm; 2.27 µm | TIR CO band | ||||
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave | NAST-M | R. Vincent Leslie (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor | PALS | Sid Misra (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer, Radiometer | Radar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHz | scatterometer | ||||
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 | |||||
Polarization Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer | PM-GFCR | Glen Sachse (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | C2H6 | In situ
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Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active | RadSTAR-A | Peter Hillebrand (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Radiometric Measurement System | RAMS | Francisco Valero (PI) | Scripps | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar flux | In situ
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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 | ||||||
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Two-Dimensional Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | 2D-STAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer | LRR-X | Eric Smith (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Particle size distribution, Rain Rate | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz |