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 21 - 38 of 38.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30 (Mgr) B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Leonardo Airborne Simulator LAS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
MODIS Airborne Simulator MAS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER (Mgr) B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer Imagery
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-NG (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC PICARD ARC (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC PICARD GSFC (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Research Scanning Polarimeter RSP (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31 Polarimeter Imagery
Telescopic High Definition Television THDTV (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Thematic Mapper Simulator TMS (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager 3V-CPI (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar UAVSAR (PI) Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC; Gulfstream III - JSC Radar Imagery
Video Imaging System VIS (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Video Uplink (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment WAVE (PI) WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery

 

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