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 241 - 260 of 356.
Title Sort descending Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor MACAWS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Wind; Aerosol Backscattering
Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder MCoRDS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO ClO/BrO (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence ClO; BrO
Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe MASP (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
Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface MOSES (PI) B200 (#801) - AFRC Camera Sea Surface Temperature
Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor MAMS (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Photometer H2O (total); Temperature
Multispectral Imaging, Detection and Active Reflectance MiDAR (PI)
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer NAST-I (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Interferometer Temperature; Relative Humidity
NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument AO2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC O2; CO2
NCAR NO-NO2 NO-NO2 (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF Chemiluminescence NO; NO2
NCAR NOxyO3 NOxyO3 (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR (PI) Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe Nevzorov (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-NG (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer Imagery
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument NO/NOy (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
NOAA Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA ToF CIMS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC CIMS HCOOH; ClNO2; N2O5; BrO; Cl2; BrCN; BrCl; C2H4O3S
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer NOAA TW (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC H2O (total)
NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone NOyO3 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NOAA NOy Instrument NOAA NOy (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
NOAA Picarro (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC; Alpha Jet Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; CO

 

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