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
PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR PAN-CIGAR
L. Greg Huey
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF CIMS PAN; PPN; PiBN; PnBN; PBzN; MoPAN; APAN; MPAN
Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor PALS
Sid Misra
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radar; Scatterometer; Radiometer Radar backscatter; Ocean Salinity; Soil Moisture
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation PALMS-NG
Daniel Cziczo
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry PALMS
Gregory Schill
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Ozonesondes (NOAA) Ozonesondes (NOAA)
Dale Hurst
(PI) 		Balloon O3; Temperature; Pressure
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph NUV
Shinsuke Abe
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CCN
NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone NOyO3
Thomas B Ryerson
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NCAR NOxyO3 NOxyO3
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer NOAA TW
Ken Kelly
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC H2O (total)
NOAA Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA ToF CIMS
J. Andy Neuman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC CIMS HCOOH; ClNO2; N2O5; BrO; Cl2; BrCN; BrCl; C2H4O3S
NOAA Pressure and Temperature NOAA PT
Tom Thompson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Temperature; Pressure
Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer NOAA O3 Classic
Erik Richard
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon; WB-57 - JSC Photometer O3
O3 Photometer (NOAA) NOAA O3
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Photometer O3
NOAA NOy Instrument NOAA NOy
Patrick Veres
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA CIMS
Thomas B Ryerson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC CIMS H2O; HNO3; HCl
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer NOAA CH4
Erik Richard
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument NO/NOy
Yutaka Kondo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
NCAR NO-NO2 NO-NO2
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Chemiluminescence NO; NO2
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer NMASS
Michael Reeves
(Prev PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter Particle size distribution; CCN
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer NIRSPEC
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Shock Emissions