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 1 - 20 of 28.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Emission Spectrometer AES
Helen Worden
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C130 Interferometer O3; CO; H2O; CO2; CH4; NH3; etc.
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
ARC Picarro
Warren Gore
(Co-I) 		Alpha Jet; DC-8 - AFRC CH4; CO2
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere AVOCET
Joshua P. DiGangi
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version
Nader Abuhassan
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar CO2
Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment CARAFE
Glenn M. Wolfe
(PI) 		C-23 Sherpa - WFF Laser absorption CO2; CH4; H2O concentrations and fluxes
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer CO2LAS
Gary Spiers
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer CO2-WEBS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement DACOM
Glenn S. Diskin
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CO; CH4; CO2
Fabry-Perot Interferometer FPI
Jay R. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer O2; CO2
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer FTIR
Michael Coffey
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer HCl; ClONO2; N2O; NO; NO2; HNO3; HF; CH4; C2H6; H2O; CO2; CF2Cl2; O3
G2301-f
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; H2O
G2301-m
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; H2O
Harvard Tracer Suite HTS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer HUPCRS
Steven C. Wofsy
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4; CO2; CO
High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer Harvard CO2
Steven C. Wofsy
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV
Geoffrey Toon
(PI) 		Balloon; DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer H2O; O3; N2O; CO; CH4; NO; NO2; HNO3; HNO4; N2O5; H2O2; ClONO2; HOCl; HCl; HF; COF2; CF4; SF6; CF2ClCFCl2; CHF2Cl; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CCl4; CH3Cl; C2H2; C2H6; OCS; HCN; N2; O2; CO2
Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America MACDONNA
Stephanie A. Vay
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography CO2
Medusa Whole Air Sampler Medusa
Britton Stephens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling O2; CO2; N2; Argon; CO2 isotopes
NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument AO2
Britton Stephens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC O2; CO2

 

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