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 221 - 240 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer MAPIR
Chip Laymon
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft MOPITT-A
James Drummond
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Sounder CO; CH4
Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America MACDONNA
Stephanie A. Vay
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography CO2
Medusa Whole Air Sampler Medusa
Britton Stephens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling O2; CO2; N2; Argon; CO2 isotopes
Meteorological Measurement System MMS
Kristen Okorn
(Mgr) 		Alpha Jet; Sierra UAV; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC 3D Wind; Turbulence; Temperature; Position; Velocities; Attitudes; True-Airspeed; Potential Temperature
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer NOAA CH4
Erik Richard
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4
Microspectrometer
Jim Jungel
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF
Microwave Temperature Profiler MTP
Richard Denning
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; L-188C; M-55; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Temperature
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer MIR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
mini-DOAS mini-DOAS
Jochen Peter Stutz
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC Spectrometer BrO; NO2; O4
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph Echelle
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS
David Van Gilst
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
MODIS Airborne Simulator MAS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer Imagery
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
MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer MATR
John Gille
(Prev PI) 		Citation Radiometer CO; CH4
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
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter MMLA
Phil Dabney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Camera; Photometer Topography
Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System MACS
James Wilson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Particle size distribution