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 1 - 20 of 24.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System AVAPS
Gary Wick
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Dropsonde Pressure; Temperature; Humidity; Wind
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer AESMIR
Edward Kim
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Imagery; Snow Thickness; Sea Ice Surface Elevation; H2O; Temperature
Airborne Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe AXCTD
Dan S. Jacob
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Dropsonde Ocean Salinity; Temperature
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar AROTAL
Thomas J. McGee
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar; Raman spectrometer Temperature; [tid:114]; O3; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Balloonsondes (NOAA) Balloonsondes (NOAA)
Dale Hurst
(PI) 		Balloon H2O; O3; Temperature; Pressure
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Compact Raman Lidar CRL
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		University of Wyoming King Air; NSF/NCAR C-130; WP-3D Orion - NOAA Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Dropsondes - DC-8 D8D
Gerald Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Dropsonde Temperature
ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde EHAD
Jeffrey B. Halverson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Dropsonde Temperature
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
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions Spectrometer HyTES
Simon Hook
(PI) 		Twin Otter - GRC; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream V - JSC Spectrometer Temperature
J-31 Navigation Data System and Met Sensors J-31 NavMet
Sebastian Schmidt
(PI) 		J-31 Navigation recorder Aircraft position; Temperature
Meteorological Measurement System MMS
Kristen Okorn
(Mgr) 		Alpha Jet; Sierra UAV; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC 3D Wind; Turbulence; Temperature; Position; Velocities; Attitudes; True-Airspeed; Potential Temperature
Microwave Temperature Profiler MTP
Richard Denning
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; L-188C; M-55; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Temperature
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
Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor MAMS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Photometer H2O (total); Temperature
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer NAST-I
Anna Noe
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Interferometer Temperature; Relative Humidity
NOAA Pressure and Temperature NOAA PT
Tom Thompson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Temperature; Pressure
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave NAST-M
R. Vincent Leslie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Temperature; H2O
Ozonesondes (NOAA) Ozonesondes (NOAA)
Dale Hurst
(PI) 		Balloon O3; Temperature; Pressure