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 41 - 60 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer SSFR
Peter Pilewskie
(Co-I) 		Altair; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS Radiometer Solar flux; Irradiance
Small Ice Detector SID
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution
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
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) SP2
Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; GV - NCAR; Gulfstream III - LaRC Photometer Black Carbon; Aerosol
Single Event Upset SEU
Harold Huff
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC
Sea Surface Wind Speed GPS-R Winds
Jim Garrison
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; P-3 Orion - WFF Sounder Wind
Sea Ice Thickness Penetrating Radar Instrument SITPRI
Ben Holt
(PI) 		Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder S-HIS
Joe Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Proteus Interferometer Temperature; H2O
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers SAFS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer PHOT
Dick Spalding
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Photometer; Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Rosemount Icing Detector RICE
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content
Research Scanning Polarimeter RSP
Brian Cairns
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31 Polarimeter Imagery
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux REVEAL
Lawrence C. Freudinger
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Navigation recorder Aircraft position
Reactive Nitrogen
David Fahey
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC NO2; NO3; NOy; NO; N2O5; ClONO2
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Rapid Ozone Experiment ROZE
Reem A. Hannun
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC O3
Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar RASL
David Whiteman
(PI) 		B200 - LARC Raman spectrometer H2O; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Temperature
Radiometric Measurement System RAMS
Francisco Valero
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Solar flux
Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active RadSTAR-A
Peter Hillebrand
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave QCM/SAW
Arthur Thorpe
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Counterflow virtual impactor Aerosol

 

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