The Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer (GLISTIN-A) is an airborne, interferometric synthetic aperture radar. GLISTIN-A operates in the Ka-band (35.6 GHz), allowing the instrument to penetrate the top layers of snow and limit atmospheric attenuation. GLISTIN-A provides measurements of glacial and land ice surface topography and elevation at a spatial resolution of around 3 m. GLISTIN-A is ideal for measuring ice sheet elevation and studying glacial topographic changes due to its high spatial resolution and accuracy.

Instrument Details
- Radar
- Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Cryospheric Indicators > Glacial Measurements > Glacier/ice Sheet TopographyEarth Science > Climate Indicators > Cryospheric Indicators > Glacial Measurements > Glacier Elevation/ice Sheet ElevationEarth Science > Climate Indicators > Cryospheric Indicators > Glacial Measurements
- Land Surface, Troposphere
- N/A
- 3 m
- 35.66 GHz
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2010.2057254
Delwyn Moller, Greg Sadowy
Delwyn Moller
JPL
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