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 21 - 39 of 39.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy ICOS
David Sayres
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Laser absorption H2O
Harvard Lyman-α Photofragment Fluorescence Hygrometer HWV-LYA
Jessica B. Smith
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence H2O
High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer HAMSR
Shannon Brown
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC Sounder; Microwave Radiometer Temperature; H2O
JPL Laser Hygrometer JLH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O
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
Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment LASE
Amin R. Nehrir
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Aerosol Backscattering
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar MARLi
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR
James W. Hannigan
(PI) 		Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
NOAA Water
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption H2O; H2O (total)
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave NAST-M
R. Vincent Leslie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Temperature; H2O
Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar RASL
David Whiteman
(PI) 		B200 - LARC Raman spectrometer H2O; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Temperature
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
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research 4STAR
Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen
(Co-I) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Gulfstream G-1 (DOE); DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer NO2; O3; H2O; Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth; Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent; Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter; Aerosol Scattering phase function; Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Complex Refractive Index; Cloud Optical Depth; Cloud droplet effective radius; Cloud Thermodynamic Phase; Cloud Liquid Water Content
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
Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System TAMMS
Lee Thornhill
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Navigation recorder Aircraft position; Temperature; Pressure; H2O
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
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package UAVAWSP
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4
Unmanned Aerial System Laser Hygrometer ULH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC H2O
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer VCSEL
Mark A. Zondlo
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF H2O