The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.
To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.
Currently displayed: instruments 1 - 5 of 5.Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
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Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | CARDS | Prasad Gogineni (PI) | P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder, Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness |
High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Shannon Brown (Mgr) | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Sounder, Microwave Radiometer | Temperature, H2O |
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft | MOPITT-A | James Drummond (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Sounder | CO, CH4 |
Sea Surface Wind Speed | GPS-R Winds | Jim Garrison (PI) | B200 - LARC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder | Wind |
Warm Ice Sounding Explorer | WISE | Yonggyu Gim (PI) | DC-3, Twin Otter - GRC | Sounder | Ice Sheet Thickness |