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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 21 - 24 of 24.| Title |
Acronym |
Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosol and Cloud Lidar | ROSCOE | Edward P. Nowottnick (PI) | WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio |
| Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar | SIMPL | David Harding (PI) | Learjet 25, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Lidar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation, Ice Sheet Thickness |
| Thickness from Offbeam Returns | THOR | Bob Cahalan (PI) | P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Cloud Thickness |
| Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind |
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