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Instrument

AirSWOT
Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography

The Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography (AirSWOT) is an airborne instrument suite developed to support calibration efforts for the SWOT satellite mission. AirSWOT comprises three components: Ka-band SWOT Phenomenology Airborne Radar (KaSPAR), Digital Camera System, and Precision Inertial Motion Units (IMU). The KaSPAR- the main element of AirSWOT- collects across-track interferometry data to produce digital elevation models over land and water surfaces. It operates at the 35.75 frequency and has a spatial resolution of 3.6 m.

Image of the AirSWOT antenna subsystem
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)

Instrument Details

Radar
Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Imagery
Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Backscatter
Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation > Digital Elevation/terrain Model (dem)
Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water
Land Surface
Variable
3.6 m
35.75 GHz
Currently unavailble

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PLATFORMS
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1643
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1707
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1646
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1655
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1818
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1819