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 1 - 6 of 6.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS
Nathaniel Livesey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits); ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder H2O; O3; CO; primary; also: HNO3; CH2O; N2O; HCN; CH3CN; CH3OH; SO2; HDO; H2O2; NO2; CH3Cl; (CH3)2CO; depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading.
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.
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV
Geoffrey Toon
(PI) 		Balloon; DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer H2O; O3; N2O; CO; CH4; NO; NO2; HNO3; HNO4; N2O5; H2O2; ClONO2; HOCl; HCl; HF; COF2; CF4; SF6; CF2ClCFCl2; CHF2Cl; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CCl4; CH3Cl; C2H2; C2H6; OCS; HCN; N2; O2; CO2
Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer PCIMS
Daniel O'Sullivan
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS H2O2; CH3OOH
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument POPS
Brian Heikes
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O2; CH3OOH; CH2O