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 38.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer AESMIR
Edward Kim
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Imagery; Snow Thickness; Sea Ice Surface Elevation; H2O; Temperature
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-Classic
Robert O. Green
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; Twin Otter; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer Imagery
Ames Digital Imager DIM
Paul F. Wercinski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph AIM-IT
George Varros
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Autonomous Modular Sensor AMS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		Altair; B200 - LARC; Caravan; ER-2 - AFRC; Ikhana; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Cloud Absorption Radiometer CAR
Charles Gatebe
(PI) 		J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion; C-131A University of Washington Radiometer Solar flux; Imagery
Cloud Particle Imager CPI
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle phase; habit; 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
Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator eMAS
Steve Platnick
(Co-I) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
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
HyMap HyMap
Terry Cocks
(PI) 		Cessna 402B; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer 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