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JASON-1 instrument

Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer

NASA's Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer measures atmospheric water vapor content to determine how water vapor impacts radar signal propagation.
KARIN instrument data

KaRIn

Ka-band Radar Interferometer
KaRIn is an altimeter used to measure water surface heights and one instrument aboard NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite.
KBRA instrument data

KBRA

Ku-Band Radar Altimeter
KBRA is an airborne instrument designed to collect high precision surface elevation measurements over polar ice sheets.
LIS instrument data

LIS

Lightning Imaging Sensor
LIS is a space-based instrument used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning (cloud-to-cloud, intra-cloud, and cloud-to-ground).
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