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.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 1 - 12 of 12.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor ATHOS
William H. Brune
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence OH; Napthalene; HO2; NO
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
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence GT-LIF
David Tan
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO; CH2O; NO2
Georgia Tech NO Instrument GT-NO
L. Greg Huey
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO
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
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Nitrogen Oxide LIF-NO
Andrew Rollins
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence NO
NCAR NO-NO2 NO-NO2
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Chemiluminescence NO; NO2
NCAR NOxyO3 NOxyO3
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument NO/NOy
Yutaka Kondo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone NOyO3
Thomas B Ryerson
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NOAA NOy Instrument NOAA NOy
Patrick Veres
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
Reactive Nitrogen
David Fahey
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC NO2; NO3; NOy; NO; N2O5; ClONO2

 

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