TitleAcronymContact PersonCenterAircraftTypeMeasurementsMeasurement RangeMeasurement Instrument PointingMeasurement FrequencyMeasurement Swath WidthMeasurement Horizontal ResolutionMeasurement Vertical ResolutionMeasurement WavelengthsMeasurement Notes
Airborne Synthetic Aperture RadarAIRSARYunling Lou (PI)JPLDC-8 - AFRCRadarRadar backscatter
Ground
Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 20-50)
10 m (at 8 km)
Passive Active L- and S-band SensorPALSSid Misra (PI)JPLC-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRCRadar, Scatterometer, RadiometerRadar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture
Ground
Cross-track scanning
1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHzscatterometer
Polarimetric Ku-Band ScatterometerPolSCATSteven J Dinardo (PI)JPLC-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRCRadar, ScatterometerRadar backscatter
Ground
Conical scanning
13.95 GHz