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.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 1 - 15 of 15.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer AMPR
Timothy Lang
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar ARMAR
Steve Durden
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler Velocity; Radar Reflectivity; Brightness Temperature
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer CoSSIR
Rachael Kroodsma
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer CoSMIR
Rachael Kroodsma
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph ASTRO
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph SLIT
Michael Winter
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer MAPIR
Chip Laymon
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer MIR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph Echelle
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer PSR
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band PSR/CX
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature; Soil Moisture; Sea Ice Surface Elevation
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead PSR/A
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer PHOT
Dick Spalding
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Photometer; Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Wind Radiometer WINDRAD
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature

 

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