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Instrument

AIMR
Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer

The Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer (AIMR) is a passive, airborne cross-track scanning radiometer developed by MPB Technologies. It was designed for research missions over sea ice and polar regions. AIMR operates across four channels at the 37 GHz and 90 GHz frequencies to provide measurements of brightness temperature. It has a spatial resolution ranging from 20-300 m and a swath width of about 3-20 km depending on the flight altitude and speed. AIMR can reach a scan rate of up to around 6 Hz.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Land Surface, Troposphere
6 Hz
20-300 m
37 GHz, 90 GHz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD900485

  • Julie Haggerty

  • Julie Haggerty

  • MPB Technologies

  • NCAR

  • External LinkOverview Publication

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products

Data Products