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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14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer | AATS-14 | Stephen Broccardo (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Twin Otter International, C130H - WFF | Photometer | Aerosol, H2O, O3, Optical Depth, NO2 | Integrated vertical column
| Solar tracking
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2 Channel Selected Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | SI/CIMS-2 | Fred Eisele (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | OH, H2SO4, CH4SO3, DMSO, NH3, Aerosol | In situ
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2D-S Stereo Probe | 2DS | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Learjet SPEC, Alpha Jet | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Accumulation Radar | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 600-900 MHz | when operated from aircraft | |||||
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Timothy Lang (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 19.35 GHz; 37.1 GHz; 85.5 GHz | |||||
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | Gary Wick (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind | Vertical profile
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Aerosol Optical Properties | AERO3X | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Black Carbon, NO2, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Extinction, Particle Absorption, Asymmetry Parameter, Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Backscattering | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 675 nm | |||||
Airborne Cloud Radar | ACR | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter (DOE) | Radar | Radar Reflectivity | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 150 m
| 94.905 GHz; 94.915 GHz; 94.925 GHz; 94.935 GHz | ||||
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer | AESMIR | Edward Kim (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Imagery, Snow Thickness, Sea Ice Surface Elevation, H2O, Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 6-100 GHz | |||||
Airborne Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. | 4.5-13 µm | |||||||
Airborne Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe | AXCTD | Dan S. Jacob (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Dropsonde | Ocean Salinity, Temperature | In situ
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Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer | AMMR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | Convair 580 NRC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 10-92 GHz | ||||||
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-2 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz | Ku band | ||||
Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-3 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 Hz
| 120 m
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz; 94 GHz | Ku band | ||
Airborne Topographic Mapper | ATM | William Krabill (Prev PI) | NASA WFF | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC | Lidar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 m (at 0.8 km)
| 532 nm | Pulsed at 5 kHz | |||
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere | AVOCET | Joshua P. DiGangi (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Axial Cyclone Cloud-water Collector | AC3 | Ewan Crosbie (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | Ion Chromatography | Aqueous concentrations of bulk cloud-water species (e.g., Sulfate, Nitrate, sodium, Ca+2, TOC, pH) | In situ
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BroadBand Radiometers | BBR | Anthony Bucholtz (PI) | NPS | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar and IR radiative flux; Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar radiative flux | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards) (angles: 0,180)
| 1 Hz
| 200-3600 nm; 4500-42000 nm | Solar Broadband | |||
Carbon Dioxide and Ozone Airborne in Situ Tracers | COAST | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission | COBALT | James Podolske (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption | CO | In situ
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Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames | COMA | Roy R. Johnson (Mgr) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | CO, N2O, H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | 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 | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 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 | ||||
Cloud Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | CARDS | Prasad Gogineni (PI) | U Kansas | P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder, Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers | CFDC | Paul J. DeMott (PI) | Colo State | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter | CFSTGC | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | Balloon, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Delay-Doppler Phase-monopulse Radar | D2P | Keith Raney (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Altitude | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer | DFGAS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O | In situ
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Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement | DACOM | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CO, CH4, CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe | DASH-SP | Armin Sorooshian (PI) | UA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Differential mobility, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol | In situ
| 532 nm | ||||||
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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Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | ESTAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | ||||||||
Fast Cloud Droplet Probe | FCDP | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Global Hawk - AFRC, Learjet SPEC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions | In situ
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Flight Modem | Alex Coleman (PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | |||||||||
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Snow Thickness Radar | FMCW | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2-8 GHz | |||||
Geostationary Imaging Fabry-Perot Spectrometer | GIFS | Sam Yee (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Cloud Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Global Ice-sheet Mapping Orbiter | GISMO | Ken Jezek (PI) | Ohio State | P-3 Orion - WFF | Interferometer, Radar | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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GPS Flight Management System | GPFMS | William Krabill (Prev PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
GPS Remote Sensing Instrument | GPSRS | Michael Grant (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Soil Moisture | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research | HIGEAR | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | U Hawaii | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CN counter, Differential mobility, Laser absorption, Optical particle counter, Photometer, Spectrometer | Particle Absorption, CCN, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Size Distribution, Black Carbon | ||||||||
Hawkeye | Hawkeye | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 10 µm; 50 µm | 2D-S channel 1 | |||||
High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar | HSRL-1 | Chris Hostetler (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | aerosol backscatter, depolarization, and extinction | ||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer | HVPS | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Ku-band Radar Altimeter | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFF | Radar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| 13-17 GHz | |||||||
L-Band Interference Surveyor/Analyzer | LISA | Joel Johnson (PI) | Ohio State | P-3 Orion - WFF | Interference | In situ
| 1200-1700 MHz | |||||||
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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Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | Langley HR-ToF-AMS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC, C-130H - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Mass Concentrations of Organics, Sulfate, Nitrate, Ammonium, Chloride | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment | LARGE | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC, King Air B-200 - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | CN counter, Nephelometer, Optical particle counter | Aerosol Number Concentration, Aerosol Size Distribution, Scattering Coefficient, Absorption Coefficient | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 530 nm; 700 nm | |||||
Langley Cloud Probes | Langley In-situ Cloud | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | Particle imager | Cloud Droplet Number and Size Distributions, Cloud Droplet Effective Radius and Variance, Precipitation Particle Number and Size Distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content, Cloud Ice Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer | Langley SP2 | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Laser absorption | Black carbon mass concentrations | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor | Langley WIBS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Fluorescence | Biological aerosol number concentration, biological aerosol fraction | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment | LASE | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 5 Hz
| 815-815 nm | ||||
MACRES Ground Receiving Station (MGRS) | MGRS | Valery Zavorotny (PI) | NOAA ESRL | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer | MAPIR | Chip Laymon (PI) | NASA MSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Other vertical scanning
| 2 channels at 1400-1427 MHz; 2 channels at 1350-1450 MHz | |||||
Microspectrometer | Jim Jungel (PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | |||||||||||
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer | MIR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 89 GHz; 150 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 220 GHz | ||||||
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator | MASTER | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar | MARLi | Zhien Wang (PI) | CU Boulder | NSF/NCAR C-130, University of Wyoming King Air, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Temperature, Aerosol, and cloud profiles | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 10 Hz
| 0.6 m
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Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter | MMLA | Phil Dabney (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Camera, Photometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | MCoRDS | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 20-60 MHz | |||||
Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe | Nevzorov | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR | PAN-CIGAR | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | PAN, PPN, PiBN, PnBN, PBzN, MoPAN, APAN, MPAN | In situ
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Particle Into Liquid Sampler | PILS | Rodney Weber (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Ion Chromatography | Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca+2, Cl, NO2, NO3, SO4, PO4, Br-, WSOC | In situ
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Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor | PALS | Sid Misra (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer, Radiometer | Radar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHz | scatterometer | ||||
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder | PARIS | Keith Raney (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer | PolSCAT | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar backscatter | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 13.95 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer | PSR | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning, Limb scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 18.7 GHz; 37 GHz; 89 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band | PSR/CX | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 5.8-6.2 GHz; 6.3-6.7 GHz; 6.75-7.1 GHz; 7.15-7.5 GHz; 4 channels at 10.6-10.8 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead | PSR/A | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 nm; 18.7 nm; 37 nm | |||||
Polarization Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer | PM-GFCR | Glen Sachse (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | C2H6 | In situ
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Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer | PTR-MS | Armin Wisthaler (PI) | UI | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3CHO, (CH3)2CO, CH3CN, C6H6, C4H4O, C5H8, CH3OH, MVK, C7H8, Particle Composition | In situ
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Quadropole Mass Spectrometer | QMS | Alan Brandy (PI) | Drexel Univ | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active | RadSTAR-A | Peter Hillebrand (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux | REVEAL | Lawrence C. Freudinger (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | In situ
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Research Scanning Polarimeter | RSP | Brian Cairns (PI) | NASA GISS | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130- WFF, King Air B-200 - LaRC, J-31 | Polarimeter | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Rosemount Icing Detector | RICE | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Sea Surface Wind Speed | GPS-R Winds | Jim Garrison (PI) | Purdue | B200 - LARC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder | Wind | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar | SIMPL | David Harding (PI) | NASA GSFC | Learjet 25, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Lidar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | 4STAR | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )
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Thickness from Offbeam Returns | THOR | Bob Cahalan (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Cloud Thickness | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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TSI 3563 Integrating Nephelometer | TSI Neph | Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, Twin Otter (DOE) | Particle Extinction | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 450 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | 40 nm bandwidth | |||||||
Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System | TAMMS | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature, Pressure, H2O | In situ
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Two-Dimensional Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | 2D-STAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar | VIPR | Ken Cooper (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | H2O Vapor | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (UCI) | Donald R. Blake (PI) | UC Irvine | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons, Alkyl Nitrates, OCS, DMS, CS2 | In situ
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