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 - 20 of 27.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer AESMIR
Edward Kim
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Imagery; Snow Thickness; Sea Ice Surface Elevation; H2O; Temperature
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR
Harry Kullmann
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer ClO; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3
BroadBand Radiometers BBR
Anthony Bucholtz
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Solar and IR radiative flux; Total; Direct; Diffuse Solar radiative flux
Cloud Absorption Radiometer CAR
Charles Gatebe
(PI) 		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
Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement CPFM
C. Thomas McElroy
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer; Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer CoSMIR
Rachael Kroodsma
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer C-STAR
Anthony Guillory
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Wind; Rain Rate
Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer ESTAR
David Levine
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture; Ocean Salinity
HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package HARP
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; C-130 - NSF; ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Actinic Flux; Irradiance
Hurricane Imaging Radiometer HIRAD
Daniel Cecil
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Wind; Rain Rate
J(NO2) Radiometer
John Barrick
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Solar flux
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer MIR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer MATR
John Gille
(Prev PI) 		Citation Radiometer CO; CH4
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave NAST-M
R. Vincent Leslie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Temperature; H2O
Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor PALS
Sid Misra
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer; Radiometer Radar backscatter; Ocean Salinity; Soil Moisture
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

 

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