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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 1 - 20 of 24.

Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer AirMISR Dave Diner (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera, Spectrometer Topography
Ames Digital Imager DIM Paul F. Wercinski (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Digital Camera System DCS James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Digital Mapping System DMS James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC, Gulfstream V - NSF Camera Imagery
GRC Hyperspectral Imager HSI3.1 Roger Tokars (PI) Twin Otter - GRC Camera
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph HFRS Geoff McHarg (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera, Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
HR-732 Aerial Cameras HR-732 James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified All-sky Camera ALLSKY Peter Jenniskens (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 1 INT1 Peter Jenniskens (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 2 INT2 Peter Jenniskens (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified High Frame Rate Imager IHFRI Hans Nielsen (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
IRIS II Panoramic Camera IRIS II James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera Franziska Harms (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30 James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) B200 - LARC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter MMLA Phil Dabney (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Camera, Photometer Topography
Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface MOSES Jeroen Molemaker (PI) B200 (#801) - AFRC Camera Sea Surface Temperature
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10 James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Telescopic High Definition Television THDTV Edward Schilling (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Thematic Mapper Simulator TMS James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery

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