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 341 - 356 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer NIRSPEC
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Shock Emissions
Utah State University Airglow Study AIRGLOW
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Interferometer Airglow; OH
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument VUV-CO
Teresa Campos
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Fluorescence CO
Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar VIPR
Ken Cooper
(PI) 		Twin Otter; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar H2O Vapor
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer VCSEL
Mark A. Zondlo
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF H2O
Video Ice Particle Sampler VIPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle Composition
Video Imaging System VIS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Video Uplink
Edward Schilling
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Warm Ice Sounding Explorer WISE
Yonggyu Gim
(PI) 		DC-3; Twin Otter - GRC Sounder Ice Sheet Thickness
Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter WCN
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF CN counter CCN; Temperature; Pressure
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment WAVE
Marty Ross
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Whole Air Sampler WAS (UCI)
Donald R. Blake
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons; Alkyl Nitrates; OCS; DMS; CS2
Whole Air Sampler WAS (NCAR)
Elliot Atlas
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons
Wind Radiometer WINDRAD
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Wing Tip Air Particulate Sampler APS
Anthony Strawa
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC SO4; Black Carbon
X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer LRR-X
Eric Smith
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Particle size distribution; Rain Rate

 

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