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Poseidon-2

Poseidon-2

Poseidon-2 mapped sea level, wind speed, and wave height for more than 95% of Earth's ice-free ocean.
28 datasets
image of Poseidon-3 instrument data

Poseidon-3

Poseidon-3
Poseidon-3, also known as the Jason-2 Radar Altimeter, measures sea level, wave heights and wind speed.
image of sea surface Poseidon-4 instrument data

Poseidon-4 Radar Altimeter

Poseidon-4 dual-frequency radar altimeter measures include sea surface height (SSH), significant wave height (Hs), and wind speed.
48 datasets
image of precipitation radar data

Precipitation Radar

Was an electronically scanning radar that measured the 3-D rainfall distribution over both land and ocean, and define the layer depth of the precipitation.
36 datasets
PRISM image of land and ocean

PRISM

Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer
PRISM is an airborne push-broom spectrometer developed at JPL to provide the necessary spectral, spatial, and temporal resolution to characterize events in coastal zones.
7 datasets
RAPIDSCAT instrument data

RapidScat

Rapid Scatterometer
RapidScat provided all-weather ocean surface wind vector measurements over the ice-free global oceans.
9 datasets
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