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 101 - 120 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer C-STAR
Anthony Guillory
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Wind; Rain Rate
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers CFDC
Paul J. DeMott
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter CFSTGC
Richard Moore
(Co-I) 		Balloon; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC CN counter CCN
Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph ASTRO
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
Cosmic Dust Collectors CDC
Michael Zolensky
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Cosmic Dust
Counterflow Virtual Impactor CVI
Cynthia Twohy
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cryogenic Hygrometer CRYO
John Barrick
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC H2O
CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia CSU-NH3
Ilana B. Pollack
(Co-I) 		NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) NH3
CU Aircraft Extractive Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer EESI-TOFMS
Jose-Luis Jimenez
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) C6H10O5; C6H5NO4
CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer HR-AMS
Jose-Luis Jimenez
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; C-130 - NSF; Gulfstream III - LaRC Spectrometer (in situ) Organic Aerosol; NH4; NO3; SO4; NR-Cl; Br-; Iodine; seasalt; MSA; ClO4; pRONO2
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer DPOPS
John Dykema
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) particle number density; Particle size distribution
Delay-Doppler Phase-monopulse Radar D2P
Keith Raney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Altitude
Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer DFGAS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O
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
Differential Absorption Lidar DIAL
Johnathan W. Hair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Optical Depth; O3
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe DASH-SP
Armin Sorooshian
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Differential mobility; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol
Digital Camera System DCS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Digital Mapping System DMS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC; Gulfstream V - NSF Camera Imagery
Diode Laser Hygrometer DLH
Glenn S. Diskin
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC; Sherpa - WFF; HU25 Falcon - LaRC; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS Laser absorption H2O
Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer DIAS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Aerosol; Optical Depth; O3

 

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