Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | CAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Spectrally resolved actinic flux and photolysis frequencies typically calculated for the following species: O3, NO2, NO3, CH2O, HONO, HNO3, N2O5, HNO4, PAN, H2O2, CH3OOH, CH3ONO2, CH3CH2ONO2, CH3CHO, CH3CH2CHO, CHOCHO, CH3COCHO, 2, 3-Butanedione, Methacrolein, MVK, (CH3)2CO, MEK, Br2, BrO, BrNO, BrNO2, BrONO, BrONO2, BrCl, HOBr, CHBr3, Cl2, ClO, ClNO2, ClONO, ClONO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-650 nm | |||||
CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | HR-AMS | Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130 - NSF, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Organic Aerosol, NH4, NO3, SO4, NR-Cl, Br-, Iodine, seasalt, MSA, ClO4, pRONO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions Spectrometer | HyTES | Simon Hook (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter - GRC, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC | Spectrometer | Temperature | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 3590 m (at 4 km)
| 7 m (at 4 km)
| 7.5-12 µm | |||
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor | LVIS | J. Bryan Blair (PI) | NASA GSFC | 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 | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2000 m (at 10 km)
| 20 m (at 10 km)
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Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-NG | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 100 Hz
| 4000 m (at 8 km)
| 8 m (at 8 km)
| 380-2510 nm | ||
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer | PRISM | David Thompson (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter International, Gulfstream III - LaRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Radiance, Ocean Color, Chlorophyll-a | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 168 Hz
| 350-1050 nm | ||||
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) | SP2 | Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz (PI) | NOAA CSL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, GV - NCAR, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Photometer | Black Carbon, Aerosol | In situ
| 1 Hz
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