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 41 - 60 of 60.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer NOAA CH4
Erik Richard
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph Echelle
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe MASP
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle concentration; Particle size distribution; Particle Extinction
NOAA Picarro
Kathryn McKain
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Alpha Jet Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; CO
Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector NIRAD
Darin Toohey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
OSCAR lab
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2
OSCAR portable
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry PALMS
Gregory Schill
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation PALMS-NG
Daniel Cziczo
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer Picarro
Frank Flocke
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4
Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer PTR-MS
Armin Wisthaler
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CH3CHO; (CH3)2CO; CH3CN; C6H6; C4H4O; C5H8; CH3OH; MVK; C7H8; Particle Composition
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers SAFS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
SPP-100 SPP
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle concentration
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager 3V-CPI
Jorgen Jensen
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
Trace Organic Gas Analyzer TOGA
Eric Apel
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; C-130 - NSF Gas chromatography; Spectrometer (in situ) VOCs; alkanes; alkenes; aromatics; NMHC; Hydrocarbons; OVOCs; halogenates; alkyl nitriles; Alkyl Nitrates; sulfur-containing VOCs
Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms TOTCAP
Linnea Avallone
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) O3; H2O; CO2
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
Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer UHSAS
David Rogers
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Concentration
UNH Mercury UNHMERC
Robert Talbot
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence; Spectrometer (in situ) Hg
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer NIRSPEC
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Shock Emissions

 

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