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CRS

CRS is a 94 GHz, W-band polarimetric Doppler radar designed to operate aboard the NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft or a ground-based radar.
5 datasets

D3R

The Dual-frequency Dual-polarized Doppler Radar (D3R) is a mobile Ku-/Ka-band fully polarimetric Doppler radar, designed to provide pre- and post-launch precipitation observations.
7 datasets
The Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar (DAWN) is an active remote, airborne lidar that uses a pulsed, solid-state laser that operates at a wavelength of 2 micrometers to detect aerosol backscatter in the atmosphere.
1 dataset
NASA's Differential Absorption LIDAR (DIAL) system sends pulses of laser radiation at different wavelengths into the atmosphere to measure ozone and also simultaneously measure aerosols and clouds.
4 datasets

DMS

DMS is an airborne digital camera system that captures images of terrain below low and medium altitude aircraft and creates mosaics of those images.
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