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 21 - 40 of 356.
Title Sort descending Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GLISTIN-A (PI) Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC Interferometer; Radar Topography
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment ALTM (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Air-LUSI (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Lunar Spectral Irradiance
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 Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR (Mgr) Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar ARMAR (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler Velocity; Radar Reflectivity; Brightness Temperature
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar AROTAL (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Lidar; Raman spectrometer Temperature; [tid:114]; O3; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS (PI) WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits); ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder H2O; O3; CO; primary; also: HNO3; CH2O; N2O; HCN; CH3CN; CH3OH; SO2; HDO; H2O2; NO2; CH3Cl; (CH3)2CO; depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading.
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar APR-2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer ClO; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AIRSAR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar backscatter
Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar APR-3 (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Airborne Topographic Mapper ATM (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor ATHOS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence OH; Napthalene; HO2; NO
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer ATLAS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CH4; CO; O3
Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter AirHARP (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Polarimeter
Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - 3 AVIRIS-3 (PI) B200 - Dynamic Aviation; G-III; G-V-JSC Spectrometer Radiance from the surface and atmosphere.