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WISM
Wideband Instrument for Snow Measurements

The Wideband Instrument for Snow Measurements (WISM) instrument was developed to address a remote sensing need to measure surface snowfall and its associated snow water equivalent. WISM consists of two airborne instruments: a dual-frequency (X and Ku) Synthetic Aperture Radar and a dual-frequency (X and Ka) radiometer with a shared common antenna aperture between the two.

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

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow Water Equivalent
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Solid Precipitation > Snow
Land Surface
Variable
Variable
8-40 GHz
Currently unavailble
  • Tim Durham

  • This data will be added in future versions

  • L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

  • NASA

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