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 41 - 60 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph AIM-IT
George Varros
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Air-LUSI
Kevin Turpie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Lunar Spectral Irradiance
Utah State University Airglow Study AIRGLOW
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Interferometer Airglow; OH
Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter AirHARP
J. Vanderlei Martins
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Polarimeter
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer AirMISR
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer Topography
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AIRSAR
Yunling Lou
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar backscatter
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4; CO2 isotopes; HCl
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS-II
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer N2O; CH4; CO; HCl; NO2
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Intensified All-sky Camera ALLSKY
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment ALTM
Steve Young
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties AMP
Charles Brock
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Size Distribution
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer AMPR
Timothy Lang
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Autonomous Modular Sensor AMS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		Altair; B200 - LARC; Caravan; ER-2 - AFRC; Ikhana; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument AO2
Britton Stephens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC O2; CO2
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties AOP
Adam Ahern
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Black Carbon
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar APR-2
Simone Tanelli
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity