DORIS measures radio signals from 55 global ground stations that compose the International DORIS Service (IDS).
DPR, aboard the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory measures mid-latitude rainfall and snowfall over land and ocean.
EPIC provides color images of the entire sunlit face of Earth from 1 million miles away at least once every two hours.
EMIT uses imaging spectroscopy to measure the different wavelengths of light emitted by minerals on the surface of deserts and other dust sources.
PHyTIR aboard NASA’s Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission monitors plant temperature to assess plant stress.
ETM+ is a fixed “whisk-broom”, eight-band, multispectral scanning radiometer that provides high-resolution images of Earth’s surface.
GLAS provided elevation data for determining ice sheet mass balance, global topography and vegetation data, and cloud property information.
GLM detects and maps total lightning and reveals the extent of lightning flashes and the distance these flashes travel.
GEDI is a full-waveform lidar that makes detailed measurements of the 3D structure of Earth's surface.
GMI is a radiometer that is sensitive to microwave energy emitted from or affected by precipitation types including rain, snow, ice, water vapor, and mixed precipitation.
GRACE and GRACE-FO missions consist of two identical satellites that act in unison as the primary instrument to provide data about changes in Earth's gravity field.
An ocean color imager of SeaWiFS caliber providing high spatial resolution imagery and observations of fjords, estuaries, coral reefs.
The airborne HAMSR technology demonstration instrument analyzes the heat radiation (brightness temperature) emitted by atmospheric oxygen and water molecules to determine their density and temperature.
HiCARS is an airborne, ice-penetrating radar used to build profiles of ice sheets.
HIRDLS was a scanning infrared limb-scanner radiometer that acquired a wide range of measurements from the upper troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere.
HRGS measures properties of light within the electromagnetic spectrum to study atmospheric carbon dioxide from space.
HSB was a four-channel microwave sounder designed to obtain atmospheric humidity profiles under cloudy conditions and to detect heavy precipitation under clouds.
A wide angle imaging polarimeter designed to measure aerosol particles and clouds, as well as properties of land and water surfaces
IIR is a nadir-viewing, non-scanning radiometer that acquires data in wavelength channels that optimize retrievals of cirrus cloud emissivity and particle size.
A continuation of the QuikSCAT climate data record which observed ocean surface wind vectors, calibrated to a 10 meter reference height.
JMR collects radiation reflected by the ocean to measure atmospheric water vapor content and study other atmospheric phenomena, particularly rain.
KaRIn is an altimeter used to measure surface heights
KSSTS is a radiometer that measures the brightness temperature of the surface beneath an aircraft.
KBRA is an airborne instrument designed to collect high precision surface elevation measurements over polar ice sheets.