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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Applanix POS System | POS AV | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, Caravan, Cessna 402B, DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion, C-131A University of Washington | Radiometer | Solar flux, Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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J-31 Navigation Data System and Met Sensors | J-31 NavMet | Sebastian Schmidt (PI) | CU Boulder | J-31 | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature | ||||||||
Research Scanning Polarimeter | RSP | Brian Cairns (PI) | NASA GISS | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130- WFF, King Air B-200 - LaRC, J-31 | Polarimeter | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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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 |