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 141 - 160 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment LASE
Amin R. Nehrir
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Aerosol Backscattering
Leonardo Airborne Simulator LAS
Si-Chee Tsay
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide LIF-SO2
Andrew Rollins
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC Fluorescence SO2
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Nitrogen Oxide LIF-NO
Andrew Rollins
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence NO
Laser Imaging Nephelometer LI-Nephelometer
Adam Ahern
(PI) 		Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS; DC-8 - AFRC Nephelometer
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera
Franziska Harms
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Large Area Collectors LAC
Michael Zolensky
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Cosmic Dust
Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor Langley WIBS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Fluorescence Biological aerosol number concentration; biological aerosol fraction
Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer Langley SP2
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Laser absorption Black carbon mass concentrations
Langley In Situ Fast-Response Ozone Measurements FASTOZ
Melody Avery
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence O3
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
Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment LARGE
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; King Air B-200 - LaRC/Dynamic; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS CN counter; Nephelometer; Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution; Scattering Coefficient; Absorption Coefficient
Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Langley HR-ToF-AMS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; C-130H - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Mass Concentrations of Organics; Sulfate; Nitrate; Ammonium; Chloride
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor LVIS
J. Bryan Blair
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; C-130H - WFF; Cessna 402B; Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream V - JSC; Gulfstream V - NSF; B200 - Dynamic Aviation Lidar Vegetation; Vegetation structure; surface topography; ice and sea ice elevations; ocean surface topography
L-Band Interference Surveyor/Analyzer LISA
Joel Johnson
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Interference
Ku-band Radar Altimeter
Carl Leuschen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; C-130H - WFF Radar Sea Ice Surface Elevation
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
JPL Laser Hygrometer JLH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O
J(NO2) Radiometer
John Barrick
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Solar flux

 

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