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 61 - 80 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission COBALT
James Podolske
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption CO
Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames COMA
Roy R. Johnson
(Mgr) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO; N2O; H2O
Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 COLD 2
Francesco D'Amato
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO and N2O
Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers CAFS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC Spectrometer (in situ) Spectrally resolved actinic flux and photolysis frequencies typically calculated for the following species: O3; NO2; NO3; CH2O; HONO; HNO3; N2O5; HNO4; PAN; H2O2; CH3OOH; CH3ONO2; CH3CH2ONO2; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; CHOCHO; CH3COCHO; 2; 3-Butanedione; Methacrolein; MVK; (CH3)2CO; MEK; Br2; BrO; BrNO; BrNO2; BrONO; BrONO2; BrCl; HOBr; CHBr3; Cl2; ClO; ClNO2; ClONO; ClONO2
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer CIT-CIMS
Paul Wennberg
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC CIMS HNO3; H2O2; CH3OOH; HCN; PAA; SO2; multifunctional VOC oxidation products.
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA CIMS
Thomas B Ryerson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC CIMS H2O; HNO3; HCl
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer GT-CIMS
L. Greg Huey
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS HNO3; SO2; HNO4; HCl; Br2; BrO; PAN
Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer Chi-WIS
Benjamin Clouser
(Mgr) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer H2O; HDO
Chlorine Nitrate Instrument ClONO2
David Wilmouth
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ClO; ClONO2; BrO
Cimel Sunphotometer Cimel
Michal Segal Rozenhaimer
(PI)
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer CLH
Linnea Avallone
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption H2O (total)
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 CLH2
Darin Toohey
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; C-230 - NSF; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O (total)
Cloud Absorption Radiometer CAR
Charles Gatebe
(PI) 		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
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna CAPS Vienna
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Droplet Probe CDP
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Cloud Imaging Probe CIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Integrating Nephelometer CIN
Hermann Gerber
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; Citation; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Asymmetry Parameter; Optical Extinction Coefficient; Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio
Cloud Lidar System CLS
James Spinhirne
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Lidar Cloud Thickness
Cloud Particle Imager CPI
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle phase; habit; Imagery

 

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