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 20.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Advanced Whole Air Sampler AWAS
Elliot Atlas
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Whole Air Sampling CFCs; HFCs; HCFCs; Halons; Solvents; VSLS; NMHCs; Organic Nitrates; CO; CH4; N2O
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS-II
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer N2O; CH4; CO; HCl; NO2
Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species ACATS
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Citation Gas chromatography CFCl3; CF2Cl2; CF2ClCFCl2; CH3CCl3; CCl4; Halon-1211; CHCl3; CH4; H2; N2O; SF6
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS
Nathaniel Livesey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits); ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder H2O; O3; CO; primary; also: HNO3; CH2O; N2O; HCN; CH3CN; CH3OH; SO2; HDO; H2O2; NO2; CH3Cl; (CH3)2CO; depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading.
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR
Harry Kullmann
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer ClO; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer ATLAS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CH4; CO; O3
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4; CO2 isotopes; HCl
Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument ARGUS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CH4; N2O
Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames COMA
Roy R. Johnson
(Mgr) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO; N2O; H2O
Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement DACOM
Glenn S. Diskin
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CO; CH4; CO2
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer FTIR
Michael Coffey
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer HCl; ClONO2; N2O; NO; NO2; HNO3; HF; CH4; C2H6; H2O; CO2; CF2Cl2; O3
Harvard Tracer Suite HTS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV
Geoffrey Toon
(PI) 		Balloon; DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer H2O; O3; N2O; CO; CH4; NO; NO2; HNO3; HNO4; N2O5; H2O2; ClONO2; HOCl; HCl; HF; COF2; CF4; SF6; CF2ClCFCl2; CHF2Cl; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CCl4; CH3Cl; C2H2; C2H6; OCS; HCN; N2; O2; CO2
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR
James W. Hannigan
(PI) 		Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment PANTHER
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Gas chromatography (CH3)2CO; PAN; H2; CH4; CO; N2O; SF6; CFCl3; CF2Cl2; Halon-1211
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
Quantum Cascade Laser System QCLS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		NCAR G-V; NOAA P-3; DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption CO2; CO; CH4; N2O
Submillimeter Limb Sounder SLS
Robert Stachnik
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder ClO; O3; HCl; HNO3; N2O
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species UCATS
Brad Hall
(PI) 		Altair; Global Hawk - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Gas chromatography; Spectrometer (in situ); Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; SF6; CH4; CO; O3; H2; H2O; CHCl3; CCl4; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CF2ClCFCl2; Halon-1211
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package UAVAWSP
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4

 

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