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 1 - 20 of 24.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Aerosol and Cloud Lidar ROSCOE
Edward P. Nowottnick
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Aerosol Lidar
William Grant
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements ACLAIM
Edward Teets
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment ALTM
Steve Young
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar AROTAL
Thomas J. McGee
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar; Raman spectrometer Temperature; [tid:114]; O3; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Airborne Topographic Mapper ATM
Michael Studinger
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC Lidar Topography
Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version
Nader Abuhassan
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar CO2
Cloud Lidar System CLS
James Spinhirne
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Lidar Cloud Thickness
Cloud Physics Lidar CPL
John Yorks
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Lidar Attenuated backscatter; linear depolarization ratio; cloud extinction coefficient; Aerosol Optical Depth
Compact Raman Lidar CRL
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		University of Wyoming King Air; NSF/NCAR C-130; WP-3D Orion - NOAA Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Differential Absorption Lidar DIAL
Johnathan W. Hair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Optical Depth; O3
Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar DAWN
Michael J. Kavaya
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Lidar Line of Sight Wind Speed; Vector Wind Speed and Direction; Aerosol Backscattering
High Altitude Lidar Observatory HALO
Amin R. Nehrir
(PI) 		DC-8- AFRC; C-130- WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; B200 - LARC; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC Lidar water vapor profiles; methane columns and profiles; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction
High Spectral Resolution Lidar HSRL-1
Chris Hostetler
(Co-I) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 HSRL-2
Johnathan W. Hair
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; B200 - LARC; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC; Gulfstream V - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor LVIS
J. Bryan Blair
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; C-130H - WFF; Cessna 402B; Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream V - JSC; Gulfstream V - NSF; B200 - Dynamic Aviation Lidar Vegetation; Vegetation structure; surface topography; ice and sea ice elevations; ocean surface topography
Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment LASE
Amin R. Nehrir
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Aerosol Backscattering
Modular Aerial Sensing System MASS
Luc Lenain
(PI) 		Twin Otter International; Partenavia P68C (Aspen Helicopter); Gulfstream V - JSC Lidar Ocean surface and land topography; thermal imagery; hyperspectral imagery; visible imagery; point temperature
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar MARLi
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar MFLL
Jeremy Dobler
(PI) 		B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Lidar Altitude

 

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