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 Sort descending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer NOAA CH4 (PI) WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA CIMS (PI) WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC CIMS H2O; HNO3; HCl
NOAA NOy Instrument NOAA NOy (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
O3 Photometer (NOAA) NOAA O3 (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Photometer O3
Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer NOAA O3 Classic (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon; WB-57 - JSC Photometer O3
NOAA Pressure and Temperature NOAA PT (PI) WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Temperature; Pressure
NOAA Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA ToF CIMS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC CIMS HCOOH; ClNO2; N2O5; BrO; Cl2; BrCN; BrCl; C2H4O3S
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer NOAA TW (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC H2O (total)
NCAR NOxyO3 NOxyO3 (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone NOyO3 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph NUV (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CCN
Ozonesondes (NOAA) Ozonesondes (NOAA) (PI) Balloon O3; Temperature; Pressure
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry PALMS (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 (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor PALS (PI) C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer; Radiometer Radar backscatter; Ocean Salinity; Soil Moisture
PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR PAN-CIGAR (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF CIMS PAN; PPN; PiBN; PnBN; PBzN; MoPAN; APAN; MPAN
PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones PANAK (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography PPN; PAN; MEK; IPN; HCN; CH3OH; CH3NO3; CH3CN; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; C2H5OH; C2H5NO3; C2Cl4; (CH3)2CO
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment PANTHER (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Gas chromatography (CH3)2CO; PAN; H2; CH4; CO; N2O; SF6; CFCl3; CF2Cl2; Halon-1211
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder PARIS (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Topography
Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer PCIMS (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS H2O2; CH3OOH

 

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