Airborne Science Instrument Database

The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.

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Currently displayed: instruments 221 - 240 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer MAPIR (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft MOPITT-A (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Sounder CO; CH4
Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America MACDONNA (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography CO2
Medusa Whole Air Sampler Medusa (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling O2; CO2; N2; Argon; CO2 isotopes
Meteorological Measurement System MMS (Mgr) 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
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer NOAA CH4 (PI) WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4
Microspectrometer (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF
Microwave Temperature Profiler MTP (Mgr) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; L-188C; M-55; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Temperature
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer MIR (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
mini-DOAS mini-DOAS (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC Spectrometer BrO; NO2; O4
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph Echelle (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
MODIS Airborne Simulator MAS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER (Mgr) B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer Imagery
Modular Aerial Sensing System MASS (PI) Twin Otter International; Partenavia P68C (Aspen Helicopter); Gulfstream V - JSC Lidar Ocean surface and land topography; thermal imagery; hyperspectral imagery; visible imagery; point temperature
MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer MATR (Prev PI) Citation Radiometer CO; CH4
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar MARLi (PI) NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar MFLL (PI) B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Lidar Altitude
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter MMLA (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Camera; Photometer Topography
Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System MACS (PI) WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Particle size distribution

 

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