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 41 - 60 of 356.
Title Acronym Sort descending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph AIM-IT (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Air-LUSI (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Lunar Spectral Irradiance
Utah State University Airglow Study AIRGLOW (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Interferometer Airglow; OH
Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter AirHARP (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Polarimeter
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer AirMISR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer Topography
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AIRSAR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar backscatter
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS (PI) Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4; CO2 isotopes; HCl
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS-II (PI) Balloon Spectrometer N2O; CH4; CO; HCl; NO2
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Intensified All-sky Camera ALLSKY (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment ALTM (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR (Mgr) Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties AMP (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Size Distribution
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer AMPR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Autonomous Modular Sensor AMS (Mgr) Altair; B200 - LARC; Caravan; ER-2 - AFRC; Ikhana; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument AO2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC O2; CO2
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties AOP (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Black Carbon
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar APR-2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity

 

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