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 21 - 40 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer GLISTIN-A
Delwyn Moller
(PI) 		Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC Interferometer; Radar Topography
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment ALTM
Steve Young
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance Air-LUSI
Kevin Turpie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Lunar Spectral Irradiance
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer AirMISR
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer Topography
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI
Dave Diner
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer AMMR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		Convair 580 NRC; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar ARMAR
Steve Durden
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler Velocity; Radar Reflectivity; Brightness Temperature
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar AROTAL
Thomas J. McGee
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Lidar; Raman spectrometer Temperature; [tid:114]; O3; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Extinction; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
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.
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar APR-2
Simone Tanelli
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR
Harry Kullmann
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer ClO; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar AIRSAR
Yunling Lou
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar backscatter
Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar APR-3
Simone Tanelli
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity
Airborne Topographic Mapper ATM
Michael Studinger
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC Lidar Topography
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor ATHOS
William H. Brune
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence OH; Napthalene; HO2; NO
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer ATLAS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CH4; CO; O3
Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter AirHARP
J. Vanderlei Martins
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Polarimeter
Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - 3 AVIRIS-3
Robert O. Green
(PI) 		B200 - Dynamic Aviation; G-III; G-V-JSC Spectrometer Radiance from the surface and atmosphere.