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 41 - 60 of 356.
Title Sort ascending Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer SSFR (Co-I) Altair; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS Radiometer Solar flux; Irradiance
Small Ice Detector SID (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution
Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar SIMPL (PI) Learjet 25; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC Lidar Sea Ice Surface Elevation; Ice Sheet Thickness
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) SP2 (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; GV - NCAR; Gulfstream III - LaRC Photometer Black Carbon; Aerosol
Single Event Upset SEU (PI) ER-2 - AFRC
Sea Surface Wind Speed GPS-R Winds (PI) B200 - LARC; P-3 Orion - WFF Sounder Wind
Sea Ice Thickness Penetrating Radar Instrument SITPRI (PI) Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder S-HIS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Proteus Interferometer Temperature; H2O
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers SAFS (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer PHOT (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Photometer; Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Rosemount Icing Detector RICE (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content
Research Scanning Polarimeter RSP (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31 Polarimeter Imagery
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux REVEAL (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Navigation recorder Aircraft position
Reactive Nitrogen (PI) ER-2 - AFRC NO2; NO3; NOy; NO; N2O5; ClONO2
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Rapid Ozone Experiment ROZE (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC O3
Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar RASL (PI) B200 - LARC Raman spectrometer H2O; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Temperature
Radiometric Measurement System RAMS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Solar flux
Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active RadSTAR-A (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave QCM/SAW (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Counterflow virtual impactor Aerosol