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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Airborne Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. | 4.5-13 µm | |||||||
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer | GLISTIN-A | Delwyn Moller (PI) | JPL | Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC | Interferometer, Radar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Fabry-Perot Interferometer | FPI | Jay R. Herman (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | O2, CO2 | Integrated vertical column
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Global Ice-sheet Mapping Orbiter | GISMO | Ken Jezek (PI) | Ohio State | P-3 Orion - WFF | Interferometer, Radar | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth | INFLAME | Martin Mlynczak (PI) | NASA LaRC | Learjet 35 | Interferometer | Solar flux | In situ
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JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer | MkIV | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | 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 | ||||||||
Lightweight Balloon Interferometer | LWBI | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Interferometer | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
| 3000 m
| 1.8-15.5 µm | |||||
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer | NAST-I | Anna Noe (Mgr) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Interferometer | Temperature, Relative Humidity | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2300 m (at 1 km)
| 130 m (at 1 km)
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NDACC MLO FTIR | MLOFTIR | James W. Hannigan (PI) | NCAR | Interferometer | CO, CH4, ClONO2, HCOOH, C2H6, HCN, HCl, HF, HNO3, H2O, HDO, OCS, N2O, O3, CH2O | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
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Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder | S-HIS | Joe Taylor (PI) | UW Madison | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus | Interferometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 3.3-18 µm | |||
Utah State University Airglow Study | AIRGLOW | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Interferometer | Airglow, OH | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
| 1-1.65 µm |