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 141 - 160 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment LARGE
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; King Air B-200 - LaRC/Dynamic; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS CN counter; Nephelometer; Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution; Scattering Coefficient; Absorption Coefficient
Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor Langley WIBS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Fluorescence Biological aerosol number concentration; biological aerosol fraction
Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer Langley SP2
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Laser absorption Black carbon mass concentrations
Langley Cloud Probes Langley In-situ Cloud
Richard Moore
(Co-I) 		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
Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Langley HR-ToF-AMS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		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
Large Area Collectors LAC
Michael Zolensky
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Cosmic Dust
JPL Laser Hygrometer JLH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O
J-31 Navigation Data System and Met Sensors J-31 NavMet
Sebastian Schmidt
(PI) 		J-31 Navigation recorder Aircraft position; Temperature
In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm ISARA
Snorre Stamnes
(PI) 		Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde ISAF
Glenn M. Wolfe
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WP-3D Orion - NOAA; C-130 - NSF; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Fluorescence CH2O
IRIS II Panoramic Camera IRIS II
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer IRIS
Hans-Jürg Jost
(PI) 		M-55; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O isotopes
Intensified Camera 2 INT2
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 1 INT1
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth INFLAME
Martin Mlynczak
(PI) 		Learjet 35 Interferometer Solar flux
Intensified High Frame Rate Imager IHFRI
Hans Nielsen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy ICOS
David Sayres
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Laser absorption H2O
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions Spectrometer HyTES
Simon Hook
(PI) 		Twin Otter - GRC; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream V - JSC Spectrometer Temperature
HyMap HyMap
Terry Cocks
(PI) 		Cessna 402B; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer Imagery
Harvard Lyman-α Photofragment Fluorescence Hygrometer HWV-LYA
Jessica B. Smith
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence H2O