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AirMSPI-2

Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager - 2nd Generation
AirSWOT

Air Surface Water and Ocean Topography
APR-3

Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar - 3rd Generation
A-SMLS

Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder

AVIRIS-C

Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Classic
AVIRIS-NG

Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation
AVIRIS-3

Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 3
C-FIRST

Compact Fire Infrared Radiance Spectral Tracker

CFIS

Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer
CloudCube

CloudCube
DopplerScatt

Ka-Band Doppler Scatterometer
GLISTIN-A

Glacier and Ice Surface Topography Interferometer

HAMMR-HD

High-frequency Airborne Microwave and Millimeter-wave Radiometer - High Definition
HAMSR

High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer
HyTES

Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer
JLH

JPL Laser Hygrometer

MASTER

MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator
MkIV

Mark IV Balloon Interferometer
MTHP

Microwave Temperature and Humidity Profiler
PALS

Passive and Active L band System

PRISM

Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter
QUAKES-I

Quantifying Uncertainty and Kinematics of Earth System Imager
SAR-Fusion

Synthetic Aperture Radar Fusion
SMICES

Smart Ice Cloud Sensing

SoOpSAR

Signals of Opportunity Synthetic Aperture Radar
UAVSAR

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar
VIPR

Vapor Inside-cloud Profiling Radar
WISE

Warm Ice Sounding Explorer

YTHP

Y-Band Temperature and Humidity Profiler

RETIRED:

AirMSPI

Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager
APR-2

Airborne Precipitation Radar 2nd Generation
CIRAS

Compact Infrared Atmospheric Sounder
CO2LAS

Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer

LWBI

Lightweight Balloon Interferometer
OPLS

Open Path Laser Spectrometer
SLS

Submillimeterwave Limb Sounder

Features & News

Lan Dang works on the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 satellites as the Science Data System Lead. When she’s not busy handling the data the satellite sends back, she’s pursuing her other passion: mentoring new hires and local schoolkids.

Lan Dang stands in a room, with others in the background, holding material for the tech demonstration/exploration they are working on.

Career profile: Lan Dang on mentorship at NASA-JPL

Observing your community can depend greatly on your perspective. A science teacher's dive into local carbon dioxide data provides a point of comparison for what NASA's carbon-monitoring satellite can reveal.

Observing your community can depend greatly on your perspective. A science teacher's dive into local carbon dioxide data provides a point of comparison for what NASA's carbon-monitoring satellite can reveal.

A Creative teacher's rooftop science

Annmarie Eldering first came to JPL in 1999 for a summer fellowship, and stayed for over 20 years. She experienced the excitement and stresses that come with leading the development of new satellites.

Annmarie Eldering smiles at the camera. She is hiking, with her hand on a walking stick, a giant blue pack on her back, a baseball cap, and tall trees all around her.

Career Profile: Annmarie Eldering on leadership at JPL

Green spaces can create urban oases, and a NASA mission has the data to show they also help pull carbon dioxide out of the air in cities.

Kids in the background standing on lush green grass, with pale pink flowers close-up.

A wall of green, a breath of fresh air