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 161 - 180 of 356.
Title Acronym Sort ascending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Harvard Herriott Hygrometer HWV-HHH (PI) WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC H2O
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer HVPS (PI) Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle size distribution
Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer HUPCRS (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4; CO2; CO
Harvard Total Water HTW (PI) WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O (total)
Harvard Tracer Suite HTS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 HSRL-2 (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; B200 - LARC; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC; Gulfstream V - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction
High Spectral Resolution Lidar HSRL-1 (Co-I) B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction
GRC Hyperspectral Imager HSI3.1 (PI) Twin Otter - GRC Camera
CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer HR-AMS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; C-130 - NSF; Gulfstream III - LaRC Spectrometer (in situ) Organic Aerosol; NH4; NO3; SO4; NR-Cl; Br-; Iodine; seasalt; MSA; ClO4; pRONO2
HR-732 Aerial Cameras HR-732 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
HOx Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer HOxCIMS (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC CIMS OH; HO2; HO2+RO2
Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment HOx (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence; Laser absorption OH; HO2
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler HIWRAP (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity; Wind
High Resolution Interferometer Sounder HIS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC
Hurricane Imaging Radiometer HIRAD (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Wind; Rain Rate
Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research HIGEAR (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF CN counter; Differential mobility; Laser absorption; Optical particle counter; Photometer; Spectrometer Particle Absorption; CCN; Particle Scattering; Aerosol Size Distribution; Black Carbon
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph HFRS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
HDVIS HDVIS (Mgr)
Hawkeye Hawkeye (PI) Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle size distribution
High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer Harvard CO2 (PI) Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2

 

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