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 1 - 11 of 11.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Emission Spectrometer AES
Helen Worden
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C130 Interferometer O3; CO; H2O; CO2; CH4; NH3; etc.
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GLISTIN-A
Delwyn Moller
(PI) 		Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC Interferometer; Radar Topography
Fabry-Perot Interferometer FPI
Jay R. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer O2; CO2
Global Ice-sheet Mapping Orbiter GISMO
Ken Jezek
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Interferometer; Radar Topography
In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth INFLAME
Martin Mlynczak
(PI) 		Learjet 35 Interferometer Solar flux
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
Lightweight Balloon Interferometer LWBI
Geoffrey Toon
(PI) 		Balloon Interferometer
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer NAST-I
Anna Noe
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Interferometer Temperature; Relative Humidity
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR
James W. Hannigan
(PI) 		Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder S-HIS
Joe Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Proteus Interferometer Temperature; H2O
Utah State University Airglow Study AIRGLOW
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Interferometer Airglow; OH