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All Instruments
Instrument | Platforms | Full Name | Contact Person | Team | Type | Measurements |
SSFR | P-3 ER-2 #809 | Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | SSFR | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance |
4STAR | P-3 | Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC Sunphotometer/ Satellite (SunSat) | Spectrometer | NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content |
APR-3 | P-3 | Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar | Simone Tanelli (PI) | APR3 | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity |
AMPR | P-3 | Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | Timothy Lang (PI) | AMPR | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature |
HIGEAR | P-3 | Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | HIGEAR | CN counter, Differential mobility, Laser absorption, Optical particle counter, Photometer, Spectrometer | Particle Absorption, CCN, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Size Distribution, Black Carbon |
COMA | P-3 | Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames | Roy R. Johnson (Mgr) | COMA | Laser absorption | CO, N2O, H2O |
UND-2DS | P-3 | | | | | |
UND-CIP | P-3 | | | | | |
UND-HVPS | P-3 | | | | | |
UND-CAS | P-3 | | | | | |
UND-PCASP | P-3 | | | | | |
KING | P-3 | | | | | |
PDI | P-3 | | | | | |
RSP | P-3 ER-2 #809 | Research Scanning Polarimeter | Brian Cairns (PI) | RSP | Polarimeter | Imagery |
TAMMS | P-3 | Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System | Lee Thornhill (PI) | TAMMS | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature, Pressure, H2O |
Water isotopes | P-3 | | | | | |
AirMSPI | ER-2 #809 | Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager | Dave Diner (PI) | AIRMSPI | Radiometer | Imagery |
eMAS | ER-2 #809 | Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator | Steve Platnick (Co-I) | Airborne Sensor Facility, eMAS/PICARD | Spectrometer | Imagery |
HSRL-2 | ER-2 #809 | High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | HSRL | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction |