Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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2D-S Stereo Probe | 2DS | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Learjet SPEC, Alpha Jet | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | Gary Wick (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind | Vertical profile
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Advanced Whole Air Sampler | AWAS | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | CFCs, HFCs, HCFCs, Halons, Solvents, VSLS, NMHCs, Organic Nitrates, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
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Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emissions | ADELE | David Smith (PI) | UCSC | Global Hawk - AFRC | Gamma-Rays, Relativistic Electrons | |||||||||
Cloud Droplet Probe | CDP | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2-50 µm | water droplets, ice crystals | ||||
Cloud Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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Cloud Physics Lidar | CPL | John Yorks (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol, Optical Depth, Particle size distribution | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30 m
| 335 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||
Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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Fast Cloud Droplet Probe | FCDP | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Global Hawk - AFRC, Learjet SPEC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions | In situ
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Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer | GCAS | Scott Janz (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, CH2O | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 2 Hz
| 300-900 nm | Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm | |||
Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer | HUPCRS | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH4, CO2, CO | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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Hawkeye | Hawkeye | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 10 µm; 50 µm | 2D-S channel 1 | |||||
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler | HIWRAP | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Wind | Ground
| Conical scanning
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High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Shannon Brown (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Sounder, Microwave Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 8 channels at 50-56 GHz; 10 channels at 113-119 GHz; 7 channels at 166-190 GHz | |||
Hurricane Imaging Radiometer | HIRAD | Daniel Cecil (PI) | NASA MSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 22000 m (at 11 km)
| 1000 m (at 11 km)
| 4-7 GHz | |||
JPL Laser Hygrometer | JLH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm | |||||
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide | LIF-SO2 | Andrew Rollins (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Fluorescence | SO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Lightning Instrument Project | LIP | Monte Bateman (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Electric field, Lightning, Air Conductivity | In situ
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Meteorological Measurement System | MMS | T. Paul Bui (PI) | NASA ARC | 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 | In situ
| 20 Hz
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Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP | Richard Denning (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, L-188C, M-55, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Temperature | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
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mini-DOAS | mini-DOAS | Jochen Peter Stutz (PI) | UCLA | Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer | BrO, NO2, O4 | Integrated slant column
| Limb scanning (angles: +1, 0, -1, -1.5, -2, -2.5, -3, -4, 5, -15)
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Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | MASP | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration, Particle size distribution, Particle Extinction | In situ
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NOAA Water | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | H2O, H2O (total) | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2.7 µm | DFB laser to scan 2 H2O lines and CO2 line for additional diagnostic | |||||
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) | UASO3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
| 2 Hz
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O3 Photometer (NOAA) | NOAA O3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder | S-HIS | Joe Taylor (PI) | UW Madison | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus | Interferometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 3.3-18 µm | |||
Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | 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 | In situ
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Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer | UHSAS | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Concentration | In situ
| 0.075-1 µm | aerosols | |||||
Unmanned Aerial System Laser Hygrometer | ULH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm |