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 - 7 of 7.| Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | (PI) | Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure; Temperature; Humidity; Wind |
| Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | (Mgr) | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Wind; Rain Rate |
| High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler | HIWRAP | (PI) | Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC | Radar; Scatterometer | Radar Reflectivity; Doppler Velocity; Wind |
| Hurricane Imaging Radiometer | HIRAD | (PI) | Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Wind; Rain Rate |
| Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor | MACAWS | (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Wind; Aerosol Backscattering |
| Sea Surface Wind Speed | GPS-R Winds | (PI) | B200 - LARC; P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder | Wind |
| Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind |
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