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 23.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Accumulation Radar
Carl Leuschen
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Snow Thickness; Ice Sheet Thickness
Airborne Cloud Radar ACR
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter (DOE) Radar Radar Reflectivity
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GLISTIN-A
Delwyn Moller
(PI) 		Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC Interferometer; Radar Topography
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar ARMAR
Steve Durden
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler Velocity; Radar Reflectivity; Brightness Temperature
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar APR-2
Simone Tanelli
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AIRSAR
Yunling Lou
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar backscatter
Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar APR-3
Simone Tanelli
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Cloud Radar System CRS
Gerald Heymsfield
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Coherent Radar Depth Sounder CARDS
Prasad Gogineni
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Sounder; Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Delay-Doppler Phase-monopulse Radar D2P
Keith Raney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Altitude
Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar PR-2
Eastwood Im
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler radar backscatter
ER-2 Doppler Radar EXRAD
Gerald Heymsfield
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity; [tid:397]
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Snow Thickness Radar FMCW
Carl Leuschen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Snow Thickness
Global Ice-sheet Mapping Orbiter GISMO
Ken Jezek
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Interferometer; Radar Topography
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler HIWRAP
Gerald Heymsfield
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity; Wind
Ku-band Radar Altimeter
Carl Leuschen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; C-130H - WFF Radar Sea Ice Surface Elevation
Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder MCoRDS
Carl Leuschen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor PALS
Sid Misra
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer; Radiometer Radar backscatter; Ocean Salinity; Soil Moisture
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder PARIS
Keith Raney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Topography
Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer PolSCAT
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; Twin Otter - GRC Radar; Scatterometer Radar backscatter