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 81 - 100 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector BNOD
Ronald C. Cohen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; HNO3; CH3O3NO2
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer C-STAR
Anthony Guillory
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Wind; Rain Rate
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment CAFE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; C-23 Sherpa - WFF; HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) Fluorescence CH2O
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
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer CAMS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O; HCOOH
Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment CANOE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2
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 CAPS - DC8
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - WB57
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; 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, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment CAPS-PIP
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
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
Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment CARAFE
Glenn M. Wolfe
(PI) 		C-23 Sherpa - WFF Laser absorption CO2; CH4; H2O concentrations and fluxes
Coherent Radar Depth Sounder CARDS
Prasad Gogineni
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Sounder; Radar Ice Sheet Thickness
Cosmic Dust Collectors CDC
Michael Zolensky
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Cosmic Dust
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
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers CFDC
Paul J. DeMott
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter CFSTGC
Richard Moore
(Co-I) 		Balloon; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC CN counter CCN
Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer Chi-WIS
Benjamin Clouser
(Mgr) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer H2O; HDO
Cimel Sunphotometer Cimel
Michal Segal Rozenhaimer
(PI)