Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Applanix POS System | POS AV | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, Caravan, Cessna 402B, DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
Autonomous Modular Sensor | AMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | Altair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm | 4 different configurations (see website for details). | ||||
Digital Camera System | DCS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer | GCAS | Scott Janz (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, CH2O | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 2 Hz
| 300-900 nm | Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm | |||
High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar | HSRL-1 | Chris Hostetler (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | aerosol backscatter, depolarization, and extinction | ||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor | LVIS | J. Bryan Blair (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, C-130H - WFF, Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, B200 - Dynamic Aviation | Lidar | Vegetation, Vegetation structure, surface topography, ice and sea ice elevations, ocean surface topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2000 m (at 10 km)
| 20 m (at 10 km)
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Leica RC-30 metric camera | RC-30 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Polarized Imaging Nephelometer | PI-Neph | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol | In situ
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Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar | RASL | David Whiteman (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC | Raman spectrometer | H2O, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Extinction, Temperature | In situ
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Sea Surface Wind Speed | GPS-R Winds | Jim Garrison (PI) | Purdue | B200 - LARC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder | Wind | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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