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Global Ice-Sheet Mapping Orbiter
The Global Ice-Sheet Mapping Orbiter measured the surface topography and thickness of ice sheets, and physical properties of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
image of GLAS instrument data

GLAS

Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
GLAS provided elevation data for determining ice sheet mass balance, global topography and vegetation data, and cloud property information.
5 datasets
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GLM

Geostationary Lightning Mapper
GLM detects and maps total lightning—in-cloud, cloud-to-cloud, and cloud-to-ground—continuously over the Americas and adjacent ocean regions.
5 datasets
Saharan Air Layer during Hurricane Nadine. The blue to white data in the curtains is attenuated backscatter from CPL. The dropsonde data is showing relative humidity where blue represents dry air and red represents moist air.

Global Hawk Dropsonde

The Global Hawk dropsondes (or dropwindsondes) are in situ instruments designed to be released from aircraft to collect various profile measurements.
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