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 1 - 13 of 13.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
2D-S Stereo Probe 2DS
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Learjet SPEC; Alpha Jet Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration; Particle Extinction
2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe 2DC
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Droplet Probe CDP
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Cloud Imaging Probe CIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Particle Imager CPI
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle phase; habit; Imagery
Hawkeye Hawkeye
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle size distribution
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer HVPS
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle size distribution
Langley Cloud Probes Langley In-situ Cloud
Richard Moore
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC Particle imager Cloud Droplet Number and Size Distributions; Cloud Droplet Effective Radius and Variance; Precipitation Particle Number and Size Distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content; Cloud Ice Water Content
Precipitation Imaging Probe PIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager; Spectrometer Particle size distribution
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
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager 3V-CPI
Jorgen Jensen
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
Video Ice Particle Sampler VIPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle Composition

 

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