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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Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | NOAA O3 Classic | Erik Richard (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon, WB-57 - JSC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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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 | ||||||||
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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Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor | MAMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | H2O (total), Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 37000 m (at 20 km)
| 100 m (at 20 km)
| 0.45-0.52 µm; 0.52-0.6 µm; 0.57-0.67 µm; 0.6-0.73 µm; 0.65-0.83 µm; 0.72-0.99 µm; 0.83-1.05 µm; 3.55-3.93 µm; 8.5-14 µm; 10.3-12.1 µm; 12.5-12.8 µm | |||
O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) | UASO3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
| 2 Hz
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O3 Photometer (NOAA) | NOAA O3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer | PHOT | Dick Spalding (PI) | Sandia Nat Lab | DC-8 - AFRC | Photometer, Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 380-600 nm; 600-900 nm | ||||||
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) | SP2 | Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz (PI) | NOAA CSL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, GV - NCAR, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Photometer | Black Carbon, Aerosol | In situ
| 1 Hz
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