The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.
To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.
Currently displayed: instruments 101 - 107 of 107.Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
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Thematic Mapper Simulator | TMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery |
Tissue Equivalent Particle Counter | TEPC | Donna Gallagher (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | ||
Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind |
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 |
Video Imaging System | VIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery |
Whole Air Sampler | WAS (NCAR) | Elliot Atlas (PI) | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons |
Wing Tip Air Particulate Sampler | APS | Anthony Strawa (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | SO4, Black Carbon |