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 - 40 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
OSCAR portable
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2
Alpha Jet Ozone Instrument
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Alpha Jet Spectrometer (in situ) O3
NOAA Water
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption H2O; H2O (total)
Two-Dimensional Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer 2D-STAR
David Levine
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture; Ocean Salinity
2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe 2DC
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
2D-S Stereo Probe 2DS
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Learjet SPEC; Alpha Jet Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration; Particle Extinction
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager 3V-CPI
Jorgen Jensen
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
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
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS
Nathaniel Livesey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits); ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder H2O; O3; CO; primary; also: HNO3; CH2O; N2O; HCN; CH3CN; CH3OH; SO2; HDO; H2O2; NO2; CH3Cl; (CH3)2CO; depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading.
14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer AATS-14
Stephen Broccardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Twin Otter International; C130H - WFF Photometer Aerosol; H2O; O3; Optical Depth; NO2
Axial Cyclone Cloud-water Collector AC3
Ewan Crosbie
(Co-I) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC Ion Chromatography Aqueous concentrations of bulk cloud-water species (e.g.; Sulfate; Nitrate; sodium; Ca+2; TOC; pH)
Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species ACATS
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Citation Gas chromatography CFCl3; CF2Cl2; CF2ClCFCl2; CH3CCl3; CCl4; Halon-1211; CHCl3; CH4; H2; N2O; SF6
Aerosol/Cloud Particle Impactor/Replicator ACIR
Rudolf Pueschel
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC CCN; Black Carbon; SO4
Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements ACLAIM
Edward Teets
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar
Airborne Cloud Radar ACR
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter (DOE) Radar Radar Reflectivity
Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emissions ADELE
David Smith
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC Gamma-Rays; Relativistic Electrons
Aerosol Optical Properties AERO3X
Anthony Strawa
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Optical particle counter Black Carbon; NO2; Particle Scattering; Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Backscattering
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 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
Ames Extinction Scattering Optical Property Instrument AESOP
Anthony Strawa
(PI) 		Twin Otter - GRC Particle Extinction; Single Scattering Albedo