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 1 - 12 of 12.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer ASUR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer ClO; HCl; HNO3; N2O; O3
Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector BNOD (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; HNO3; CH3O3NO2
Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers CAFS (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
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer CIT-CIMS (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC CIMS HNO3; H2O2; CH3OOH; HCN; PAA; SO2; multifunctional VOC oxidation products.
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer NOAA CIMS (PI) WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC CIMS H2O; HNO3; HCl
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer GT-CIMS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS HNO3; SO2; HNO4; HCl; Br2; BrO; PAN
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer FTIR (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer HCl; ClONO2; N2O; NO; NO2; HNO3; HF; CH4; C2H6; H2O; CO2; CF2Cl2; O3
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV (PI) Balloon; DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer H2O; O3; N2O; CO; CH4; NO; NO2; HNO3; HNO4; N2O5; H2O2; ClONO2; HOCl; HCl; HF; COF2; CF4; SF6; CF2ClCFCl2; CHF2Cl; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CCl4; CH3Cl; C2H2; C2H6; OCS; HCN; N2; O2; CO2
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR (PI) Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols SAGA (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Ion Chromatography Na; NH4; K; Mg; Ca+2; Cl; Br-; NO3; SO4; C2O4-2; Be-7; Pb-210; HNO3
Submillimeter Limb Sounder SLS (PI) Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder ClO; O3; HCl; HNO3; N2O
Thermal-Dissociation Laser Induced Fluorescence TD-LIF (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ∑PNs; ∑ANs; HNO3