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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Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion, C-131A University of Washington | Radiometer | Solar flux, Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement | CPFM | C. Thomas McElroy (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer, Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 300-770 nm | |||||||
In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth | INFLAME | Martin Mlynczak (PI) | NASA LaRC | Learjet 35 | Interferometer | Solar flux | In situ
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J(NO2) Radiometer | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Solar flux | |||||||||
Radiometric Measurement System | RAMS | Francisco Valero (PI) | Scripps | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar flux | In situ
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Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | SAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
| 280-420 nm | |||||
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | 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 | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm |