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 81 - 100 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Cloud Physics Lidar CPL
John Yorks
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Lidar Attenuated backscatter; linear depolarization ratio; cloud extinction coefficient; Aerosol Optical Depth
Cloud Radar System CRS
Gerald Heymsfield
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor CSI
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor; Spectrometer (in situ) Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - DC8
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - WB57
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment CAPS-PIP
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
CN - Hawaii
Antony Clarke
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC CN counter CCN
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer CO2-WEBS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Coherent Radar Depth Sounder CARDS
Prasad Gogineni
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Sounder; Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment CAFE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; C-23 Sherpa - WFF; HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) Fluorescence CH2O
Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment CANOE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer CAMS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O; HCOOH
Compact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		CH2O
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE(GSFC)
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		Alpha Jet; Ground site Fluorescence CH2O
Compact Raman Lidar CRL
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		University of Wyoming King Air; NSF/NCAR C-130; WP-3D Orion - NOAA Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement CPFM
C. Thomas McElroy
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer; Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Condensation Nuclei Counter CNC
James Wilson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter CCN
Condensation Nucleus Counters (CNCs) and Electrical Aerosol Sampler (EAS) CNC/EAS
James Wilson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer CoSSIR
Rachael Kroodsma
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer CoSMIR
Rachael Kroodsma
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Brightness Temperature

 

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