Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe | 2DC | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 25-1600 µm | ice, water | |||||
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | GT-CIMS | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | HNO3, SO2, HNO4, HCl, Br2, BrO, PAN | In situ
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer | CLH | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O (total) | In situ
| 0.8 Hz
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 | CLH2 | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-230 - NSF, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O (total) | In situ
| 45 Hz
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Cloud Droplet Probe | CDP | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2-50 µm | water droplets, ice crystals | ||||
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer | CAMS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O, HCOOH | In situ
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Digital Mapping System | DMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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G-V Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer | SMPS | James Smith (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Differential mobility | Aerosol Size Distribution | In situ
| 3-500 nm | pressure-dependent | |||||
HAIS Fast-O3 | Fast-O3 | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package | HARP | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF, ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Actinic Flux, Irradiance | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-680 nm; 300-2400 nm | actinic flux | ||||
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde | ISAF | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WP-3D Orion - NOAA, C-130 - NSF, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor | LVIS | J. Bryan Blair (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, C-130H - WFF, Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, B200 - Dynamic Aviation | Lidar | Vegetation, Vegetation structure, surface topography, ice and sea ice elevations, ocean surface topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2000 m (at 10 km)
| 20 m (at 10 km)
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Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP | Richard Denning (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, L-188C, M-55, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Temperature | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
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NCAR NO-NO2 | NO-NO2 | Andrew Weinheimer (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2 | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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O3 Photometer (NOAA) | NOAA O3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | PCIMS | Daniel O'Sullivan (PI) | USNA | Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | H2O2, CH3OOH | In situ
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Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer | Picarro | Frank Flocke (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Small Ice Detector | SID | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Three-View Cloud Particle Imager | 3V-CPI | Jorgen Jensen (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
| 10-1280 µm | ||||||
Trace Organic Gas Analyzer | TOGA | Eric Apel (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ) | VOCs, alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, NMHC, Hydrocarbons, OVOCs, halogenates, alkyl nitriles, Alkyl Nitrates, sulfur-containing VOCs | In situ
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UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer | UHSAS | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Concentration | In situ
| 0.075-1 µm | aerosols | |||||
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument | VUV-CO | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Fluorescence | CO | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer | VCSEL | Mark A. Zondlo (PI) | Princeton | Gulfstream V - NSF | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter | WCN | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | CN counter | CCN, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.01-3 µm | aerosols |