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 261 - 280 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
NOAA Pressure and Temperature NOAA PT
Tom Thompson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Temperature; Pressure
NOAA Water
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption H2O; H2O (total)
Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector NIRAD
Darin Toohey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave NAST-M
R. Vincent Leslie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Temperature; H2O
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer NMASS
Michael Reeves
(Prev PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter Particle size distribution; CCN
O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) UASO3
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Photometer O3
O3 Photometer (NOAA) NOAA O3
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Photometer O3
OSCAR lab
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2
OSCAR portable
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2
Ozonesondes (NOAA) Ozonesondes (NOAA)
Dale Hurst
(PI) 		Balloon O3; Temperature; Pressure
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment PANTHER
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Gas chromatography (CH3)2CO; PAN; H2; CH4; CO; N2O; SF6; CFCl3; CF2Cl2; Halon-1211
PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR PAN-CIGAR
L. Greg Huey
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF CIMS PAN; PPN; PiBN; PnBN; PBzN; MoPAN; APAN; MPAN
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry PALMS
Gregory Schill
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation PALMS-NG
Daniel Cziczo
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Into Liquid Sampler PILS
Rodney Weber
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Ion Chromatography Na; NH4; K; Mg; Ca+2; Cl; NO2; NO3; SO4; PO4; Br-; WSOC
Particles in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere PUTLS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution
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
Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer PCIMS
Daniel O'Sullivan
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS H2O2; CH3OOH
PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones PANAK
Hanwant Singh
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography PPN; PAN; MEK; IPN; HCN; CH3OH; CH3NO3; CH3CN; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; C2H5OH; C2H5NO3; C2Cl4; (CH3)2CO