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 281 - 300 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer Picarro
Frank Flocke
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4
Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer PolSCAT
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; Twin Otter - GRC Radar; Scatterometer Radar backscatter
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer PSR
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band PSR/CX
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature; Soil Moisture; Sea Ice Surface Elevation
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead PSR/A
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Polarization Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer PM-GFCR
Glen Sachse
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer C2H6
Polarized Imaging Nephelometer PI-Neph
J. Vanderlei Martins
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer PRISM
David Thompson
(PI) 		Twin Otter International; Gulfstream III - LaRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Radiance; Ocean Color; Chlorophyll-a
Precipitation Imaging Probe PIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager; Spectrometer Particle size distribution
Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler PFP
Stephen (Steve) Montzka
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling N2O; SF6; H2; CS2; OCS; CO2; CH4; CO; CFCs; HCFCs; HFCs; Solvents; Methyl Halides; Hydrocarbons; Perfluorocarbons
Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer PTR-MS
Armin Wisthaler
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CH3CHO; (CH3)2CO; CH3CN; C6H6; C4H4O; C5H8; CH3OH; MVK; C7H8; Particle Composition
Pulse Height Analyzer PHA
E.G. Stassinopoulos
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC PICARD ARC
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC PICARD GSFC
Kerry G. Meyer
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Quadropole Mass Spectrometer QMS
Alan Brandy
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF
Quantum Cascade Laser System QCLS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		NCAR G-V; NOAA P-3; DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption CO2; CO; CH4; N2O
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave QCM/SAW
Arthur Thorpe
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Counterflow virtual impactor Aerosol
Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active RadSTAR-A
Peter Hillebrand
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture
Radiometric Measurement System RAMS
Francisco Valero
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Solar flux
Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar RASL
David Whiteman
(PI) 		B200 - LARC Raman spectrometer H2O; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Temperature

 

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