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.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 1 - 20 of 24.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer AirMISR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer Topography
Ames Digital Imager DIM (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Digital Camera System DCS (Mgr) B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Digital Mapping System DMS (Mgr) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC; Gulfstream V - NSF Camera Imagery
GRC Hyperspectral Imager HSI3.1 (PI) Twin Otter - GRC Camera
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph HFRS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
HR-732 Aerial Cameras HR-732 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified All-sky Camera ALLSKY (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 1 INT1 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 2 INT2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified High Frame Rate Imager IHFRI (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
IRIS II Panoramic Camera IRIS II (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30 (Mgr) B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter MMLA (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF Camera; Photometer Topography
Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface MOSES (PI) B200 (#801) - AFRC Camera Sea Surface Temperature
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Telescopic High Definition Television THDTV (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Thematic Mapper Simulator TMS (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery

 

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