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 341 - 356 of 356.
Title Acronym Sort descending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar UAVSAR (PI) Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC; Gulfstream III - JSC Radar Imagery
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species UCATS (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
Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer UHSAS (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Concentration
Unmanned Aerial System Laser Hygrometer ULH (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC H2O
UNH Mercury UNHMERC (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence; Spectrometer (in situ) Hg
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer VCSEL (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF H2O
Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar VIPR (PI) Twin Otter; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar H2O Vapor
Video Ice Particle Sampler VIPS (PI) WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle Composition
Video Imaging System VIS (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument VUV-CO (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF Fluorescence CO
Whole Air Sampler WAS (NCAR) (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons
Whole Air Sampler WAS (UCI) (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons; Alkyl Nitrates; OCS; DMS; CS2
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment WAVE (PI) WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter WCN (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF CN counter CCN; Temperature; Pressure
Wind Radiometer WINDRAD (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Warm Ice Sounding Explorer WISE (PI) DC-3; Twin Otter - GRC Sounder Ice Sheet Thickness