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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14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer | AATS-14 | Stephen Broccardo (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Twin Otter International, C130H - WFF | Photometer | Aerosol, H2O, O3, Optical Depth, NO2 | Integrated vertical column
| Solar tracking
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2 Channel Selected Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | SI/CIMS-2 | Fred Eisele (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | OH, H2SO4, CH4SO3, DMSO, NH3, Aerosol | In situ
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna | CAPS Vienna | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | 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 | ||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - DC8 | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-50 µm; 25-1550 µm | Aerosol particle and cloud hydrometeor size distributions | |||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - WB57 | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment | CAPS-PIP | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | |||||||||
Compact Raman Lidar | CRL | Zhien Wang (PI) | CU Boulder | University of Wyoming King Air, NSF/NCAR C-130, WP-3D Orion - NOAA | Lidar | H2O, Temperature, Aerosol, and cloud profiles | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 5 Hz
| 0.6 m
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Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe | DASH-SP | Armin Sorooshian (PI) | UA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Differential mobility, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol | In situ
| 532 nm | ||||||
Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer | DIAS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Aerosol, Optical Depth, O3 | Integrated slant column
| Solar tracking
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar | MARLi | Zhien Wang (PI) | CU Boulder | NSF/NCAR C-130, University of Wyoming King Air, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Temperature, Aerosol, and cloud profiles | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 10 Hz
| 0.6 m
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry | PALMS | Gregory Schill (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation | PALMS-NG | Daniel Cziczo (PI) | Purdue | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Polarized Imaging Nephelometer | PI-Neph | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol | In situ
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Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave | QCM/SAW | Arthur Thorpe (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Aerosol | In situ
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Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) | SP2 | Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz (PI) | NOAA CSL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, GV - NCAR, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Photometer | Black Carbon, Aerosol | In situ
| 1 Hz
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