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IIR

Imaging Infrared Radiometer
The IIR aboard the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite is a nadir-viewing, non-scanning radiometer.
11 datasets
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.
28 datasets
Jason-3 in orbit

Jason-Class Altimeter

The Jason-Class Altimeter aboard SWOT collects nadir measurements of ocean surface topography.
78 datasets
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.
56 datasets
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.
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