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 - 20 of 21.

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
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
2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe	2DC	David Rogers (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF	Particle imager	Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
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
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna	CAPS Vienna	Bernadett Weinzierl (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC		Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Droplet Probe	CDP	David Rogers (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Particle imager	Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Cloud Imaging Probe	CIP	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Particle imager	Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer	CAPS - DC8	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer	CAPS - WB57	Darrel Baumgardner (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment	CAPS-PIP	Bernadett Weinzierl (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC		Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers	CFDC	Paul J. DeMott (PI)	Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Optical particle counter	Particle size distribution
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer	DPOPS	John Dykema (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	particle number density; Particle size distribution
Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer	FCAS	James Wilson (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Optical particle counter	Particle size distribution
Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe	FSSP	Paul Lawson (PI)	Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Optical particle counter	Particle size distribution
Hawkeye	Hawkeye	Paul Lawson (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Particle imager	Particle size distribution
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer	HVPS	Paul Lawson (PI)	Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC	Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle size distribution
Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System	MACS	James Wilson (PI)	WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Counterflow virtual impactor	Particle size distribution
Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe	MASP	Darrel Baumgardner (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle concentration; Particle size distribution; Particle Extinction
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer	NMASS	Michael Reeves (Prev PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	CN counter	Particle size distribution; CCN
Precipitation Imaging Probe	PIP	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Particle imager; Spectrometer	Particle size distribution
Small Ice Detector	SID	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Particle imager	Particle size distribution

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