Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Timothy Lang (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 19.35 GHz; 37.1 GHz; 85.5 GHz | |||||
Advanced Whole Air Sampler | AWAS | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | CFCs, HFCs, HCFCs, Halons, Solvents, VSLS, NMHCs, Organic Nitrates, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
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Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species | ACATS | James W. Elkins (Co-I) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Citation | Gas chromatography | CFCl3, CF2Cl2, CF2ClCFCl2, CH3CCl3, CCl4, Halon-1211, CHCl3, CH4, H2, N2O, SF6 | In situ
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Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance | Air-LUSI | Kevin Turpie (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Lunar Spectral Irradiance | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards (angles: 265° - 275° from heading)
| 350 nm; 1050 nm | |||||
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer | AirMISR | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 70.5, 60, 45.6, 26.1)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 27.5 m (at 20 km)
| 446 nm; 558 nm; 672 nm; 866 nm | |||
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager | AirMSPI | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: variable between ±75, typical: 70, 60, 45, 26)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 55 m (at 20 km)
| 355 nm; 380 nm; 445 nm; 470 nm; 555 nm; 660 nm; 865 nm; 935 nm | |||
Airborne Ocean Color Imager | AOCI | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.436-0.455 µm; 0.481-0.501 µm; 0.511-0.531 µm; 0.554-0.575 µm; 0.61-0.631 µm; 0.655-0.676 µm; 0.741-0.8 µm; 0.831-0.897 µm; 0.989-1.054 µm; 8.423-12.279 µm | ||||
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder | A-SMLS | Nathaniel Livesey (PI) | JPL | WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits), ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | H2O, O3, CO, primary, also: HNO3, CH2O, N2O, HCN, CH3CN, CH3OH, SO2, HDO, H2O2, NO2, CH3Cl, (CH3)2CO, depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading. | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 2000 m
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Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer | ATLAS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CH4, CO, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter | AirHARP | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Polarimeter | |||||||||
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-Classic | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, Twin Otter, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 12000 m (at 20 km)
| 20 m (at 20 km)
| 31 channels at 410-700 nm; 63 channels at 680-1270 nm; 63 channels at 1250-1860 nm; 63 channels at 1840-2450 nm | 9.4 nm bandwidth | ||
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, H2O isotopes, H2O, CO, CH4, CO2 isotopes, HCl | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument | ARGUS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 3.3 µm; 4.7 µm | CH4 | |||||
Autonomous Modular Sensor | AMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | Altair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm | 4 different configurations (see website for details). | ||||
BroadBand Radiometers | BBR | Anthony Bucholtz (PI) | NPS | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar and IR radiative flux; Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar radiative flux | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards) (angles: 0,180)
| 1 Hz
| 200-3600 nm; 4500-42000 nm | Solar Broadband | |||
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | CIT-CIMS | Paul Wennberg (PI) | Cal Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | CIMS | HNO3, H2O2, CH3OOH, HCN, PAA, SO2, multifunctional VOC oxidation products. | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Chlorine Nitrate Instrument | ClONO2 | David Wilmouth (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, ClO, ClONO2, BrO | In situ
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Droplet Probe | CDP | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2-50 µm | water droplets, ice crystals | ||||
Cloud Lidar System | CLS | James Spinhirne (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Lidar | Cloud Thickness | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||||
Cloud Physics Lidar | CPL | John Yorks (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol, Optical Depth, Particle size distribution | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30 m
| 335 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||
Cloud Radar System | CRS | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 115 m
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Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment | CAFE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, C-23 Sherpa - WFF, HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment | CANOE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement | CPFM | C. Thomas McElroy (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer, Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 300-770 nm | |||||||
Condensation Nuclei Counter | CNC | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
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Condensation Nucleus Counters (CNCs) and Electrical Aerosol Sampler (EAS) | CNC/EAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | ER-2 - AFRC | ||||||||||
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer | CoSSIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 170.5 GHz; 177.3 GHz; 180.3 GHz; 182.3 GHz; 325 GHz; 684 GHz | 2 channels (V & H) | |||
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer | CoSMIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 50.3 GHz; 52.8 GHz; 89 GHz; 165.5 GHz; 183.3 GHz | H-pol only | |||
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer | DPOPS | John Dykema (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | particle number density, Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Digital Camera System | DCS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | NOAA O3 Classic | Erik Richard (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon, WB-57 - JSC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator | eMAS | Steve Platnick (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 38 channels at 0.4649-14.18 µm | ||
ER-2 Doppler Radar | EXRAD | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| 1200 m (at 20 km)
| 9.72 GHz | ||||
ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde | EHAD | Jeffrey B. Halverson (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | In situ
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Fast Cloud Droplet Probe | FCDP | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Global Hawk - AFRC, Learjet SPEC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions | In situ
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Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe | FSSP | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 450 nm; 530 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | aerosol scattering and backscattering coefficients | |||||
Frost Point (NOAA) | FP | Andrew Rollins (Co-I) | NOAA CSL | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O | In situ
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FSSP-300 Aerosol Spectrometer | FPCAS | ER-2 - AFRC | Aerosol Scattering Ratio | |||||||||||
GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer | GCAS | Scott Janz (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, CH2O | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 2 Hz
| 300-900 nm | Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm | |||
Harvard Halogen Instrument | HAL | David Wilmouth (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | BrO, ClO, CIONO2 | In situ
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Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment | HOx | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence, Laser absorption | OH, HO2 | In situ
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Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy | ICOS | David Sayres (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
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Harvard Lyman-α Photofragment Fluorescence Hygrometer | HWV-LYA | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Harvard Total Water | HTW | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O (total) | In situ
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Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer | HUPCRS | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH4, CO2, CO | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package | HARP | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF, ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Actinic Flux, Irradiance | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-680 nm; 300-2400 nm | actinic flux | ||||
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler | HIWRAP | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Wind | Ground
| Conical scanning
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High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Shannon Brown (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Sounder, Microwave Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 8 channels at 50-56 GHz; 10 channels at 113-119 GHz; 7 channels at 166-190 GHz | |||
High Resolution Interferometer Sounder | HIS | William L. Smith Sr. (PI) | UW Madison | ER-2 - AFRC | ||||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer | Harvard CO2 | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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HR-732 Aerial Cameras | HR-732 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 3 m (at 19.8 km)
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In-Situ Ozone | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
IRIS II Panoramic Camera | IRIS II | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 2 m (at 19.8 km)
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JPL Laser Hygrometer | JLH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm | |||||
Large Area Collectors | LAC | Michael Zolensky (PI) | NASA JSC | ER-2 - AFRC | Cosmic Dust | In situ
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Leica RC-30 metric camera | RC-30 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Leonardo Airborne Simulator | LAS | Si-Chee Tsay (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Lightning Instrument Project | LIP | Monte Bateman (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Electric field, Lightning, Air Conductivity | In situ
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Lyman Alpha-Hygrometer | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft | MOPITT-A | James Drummond (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Sounder | CO, CH4 | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Meteorological Measurement System | MMS | T. Paul Bui (PI) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, Sierra UAV, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | 3D Wind, Turbulence, Temperature, Position, Velocities, Attitudes, True-Airspeed, Potential Temperature | In situ
| 20 Hz
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Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP | Richard Denning (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, L-188C, M-55, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Temperature | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
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Millimeter Imaging Radiometer | MIR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 89 GHz; 150 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 220 GHz | ||||||
Miniature Video Imaging System | MVIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
MODIS Airborne Simulator | MAS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36 m (at 20 km)
| 50 m (at 20 km)
| 9 channels at 445-970 nm; 16 channels at 1580-2400 nm; 16 channels at 3000-5450 nm; 9 channels at 8240-14550 nm | ||
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator | MASTER | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System | MACS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO | ClO/BrO | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | ClO, BrO | In situ
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Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | MASP | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration, Particle size distribution, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor | MAMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | H2O (total), Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 37000 m (at 20 km)
| 100 m (at 20 km)
| 0.45-0.52 µm; 0.52-0.6 µm; 0.57-0.67 µm; 0.6-0.73 µm; 0.65-0.83 µm; 0.72-0.99 µm; 0.83-1.05 µm; 3.55-3.93 µm; 8.5-14 µm; 10.3-12.1 µm; 12.5-12.8 µm | |||
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer | NAST-I | Anna Noe (Mgr) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Interferometer | Temperature, Relative Humidity | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2300 m (at 1 km)
| 130 m (at 1 km)
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Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-NG | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 100 Hz
| 4000 m (at 8 km)
| 8 m (at 8 km)
| 380-2510 nm | ||
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer | NOAA TW | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O (total) | In situ
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NOAA NOy Instrument | NOAA NOy | Patrick Veres (PI) | NCAR | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy | In situ
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NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave | NAST-M | R. Vincent Leslie (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) | UASO3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
| 2 Hz
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry | PALMS | Gregory Schill (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation | PALMS-NG | Daniel Cziczo (PI) | Purdue | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer | PSR | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning, Limb scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 18.7 GHz; 37 GHz; 89 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band | PSR/CX | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 5.8-6.2 GHz; 6.3-6.7 GHz; 6.75-7.1 GHz; 7.15-7.5 GHz; 4 channels at 10.6-10.8 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead | PSR/A | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 nm; 18.7 nm; 37 nm | |||||
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer | PRISM | David Thompson (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter International, Gulfstream III - LaRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Radiance, Ocean Color, Chlorophyll-a | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 168 Hz
| 350-1050 nm | ||||
Pulse Height Analyzer | PHA | E.G. Stassinopoulos (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC | PICARD ARC | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC | PICARD GSFC | Kerry G. Meyer (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave | QCM/SAW | Arthur Thorpe (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Aerosol | In situ
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Radiometric Measurement System | RAMS | Francisco Valero (PI) | Scripps | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar flux | In situ
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Rapid Ozone Experiment | ROZE | Reem A. Hannun (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | O3 | In situ
| 10 Hz
| 265 nm | ||||||
RC-10 Mapping Cameras | RC-10 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 8 m (at 19.8 km)
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Reactive Nitrogen | David Fahey (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC | NO2, NO3, NOy, NO, N2O5, ClONO2 | ||||||||||
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux | REVEAL | Lawrence C. Freudinger (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | In situ
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Research Scanning Polarimeter | RSP | Brian Cairns (PI) | NASA GISS | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130- WFF, King Air B-200 - LaRC, J-31 | Polarimeter | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder | S-HIS | Joe Taylor (PI) | UW Madison | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus | Interferometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 3.3-18 µm | |||
Single Event Upset | SEU | Harold Huff (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration - Airborne | SPEX Airborne | Otto Hasekamp (PI) | SRON | ER-2 - AFRC | Polarimeter | |||||||||
Submillimeter Limb Sounder | SLS | Robert Stachnik (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | ClO, O3, HCl, HNO3, N2O | In situ
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Thematic Mapper Simulator | TMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15600 m (at 19.8 km)
| 25 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.42-0.45 nm; 0.45-0.52 nm; 0.52-0.6 nm; 0.6-0.62 nm; 0.63-0.69 nm; 0.69-0.75 nm; 0.76-0.9 nm; 0.91-1.05 nm; 1.55-1.75 nm; 2.08-2.35 nm; 2 channels at 8.5-14 nm | |||
Tissue Equivalent Particle Counter | TEPC | Donna Gallagher (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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Video Imaging System | VIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| 20 m (at 19.8 km)
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (NCAR) | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons | In situ
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Wing Tip Air Particulate Sampler | APS | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | ER-2 - AFRC | SO4, Black Carbon | In situ
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