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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2D-S Stereo Probe | 2DS | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Learjet SPEC, Alpha Jet | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Timothy Lang (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 19.35 GHz; 37.1 GHz; 85.5 GHz | |||||
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | Gary Wick (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind | Vertical profile
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Aerosol Lidar | William Grant (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| 15 m
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||||
Aerosol Optical Properties | AERO3X | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Black Carbon, NO2, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Extinction, Particle Absorption, Asymmetry Parameter, Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Backscattering | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 675 nm | |||||
Aerosol/Cloud Particle Impactor/Replicator | ACIR | Rudolf Pueschel (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | CCN, Black Carbon, SO4 | In situ
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Airborne Cloud Radar | ACR | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter (DOE) | Radar | Radar Reflectivity | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 150 m
| 94.905 GHz; 94.915 GHz; 94.925 GHz; 94.935 GHz | ||||
Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements | ACLAIM | Edward Teets (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | |||||||||
Airborne Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. | 4.5-13 µm | |||||||
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer | ALIS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O, CO2 isotopes, CO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment | ALTM | Steve Young (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer | AMMR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | Convair 580 NRC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 10-92 GHz | ||||||
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar | ARMAR | Steve Durden (Co-I) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 9000 m (at 12 km)
| 800 m (at 12 km)
| 13.8 GHz | |||
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar | AROTAL | Thomas J. McGee (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar, Raman spectrometer | Temperature, , O3, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 308 nm; 332 nm; 355 nm; 387 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | N2 Raman | ||||
Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-2 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz | Ku band | ||||
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer | ASUR | Harry Kullmann (PI) | U Bremen | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | ClO, HCl, HNO3, N2O, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 604.3-662.3 GHz | |||||
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar | AIRSAR | Yunling Lou (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Radar backscatter | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 20-50)
| 10 m (at 8 km)
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Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-3 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 Hz
| 120 m
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz; 94 GHz | Ku band | ||
Airborne Topographic Mapper | ATM | William Krabill (Prev PI) | NASA WFF | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC | Lidar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 m (at 0.8 km)
| 532 nm | Pulsed at 5 kHz | |||
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor | ATHOS | William H. Brune (PI) | Penn State | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | OH, Napthalene, HO2, NO | In situ
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Ames Digital Imager | DIM | Paul F. Wercinski (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
Applanix POS System | POS AV | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, Caravan, Cessna 402B, DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
ARC Picarro | Warren Gore (Co-I) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, DC-8 - AFRC | CH4, CO2 | In situ
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Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere | AVOCET | Joshua P. DiGangi (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph | AIM-IT | George Varros (PI) | NASA | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Autonomous Modular Sensor | AMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | Altair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm | 4 different configurations (see website for details). | ||||
Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector | BNOD | Ronald C. Cohen (PI) | UC Berkeley | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, HNO3, CH3O3NO2 | In situ
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Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version | Nader Abuhassan (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | CO2 | In situ
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BroadBand Radiometers | BBR | Anthony Bucholtz (PI) | NPS | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar and IR radiative flux; Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar radiative flux | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards) (angles: 0,180)
| 1 Hz
| 200-3600 nm; 4500-42000 nm | Solar Broadband | |||
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer | CO2LAS | Gary Spiers (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
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Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission | COBALT | James Podolske (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption | CO | In situ
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Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | CAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | 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 | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | CIT-CIMS | Paul Wennberg (PI) | Cal Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | CIMS | HNO3, H2O2, CH3OOH, HCN, PAA, SO2, multifunctional VOC oxidation products. | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | NOAA CIMS | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | H2O, HNO3, HCl | In situ
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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | GT-CIMS | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | HNO3, SO2, HNO4, HCl, Br2, BrO, PAN | In situ
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna | CAPS Vienna | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Cloud Imaging Probe | CIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 25-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor | CSI | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor, Spectrometer (in situ) | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - DC8 | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-50 µm; 25-1550 µm | Aerosol particle and cloud hydrometeor size distributions | |||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment | CAPS-PIP | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | |||||||||
CN - Hawaii | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | U Hawaii | DC-8 - AFRC | CN counter | CCN | |||||||||
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment | CAFE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, C-23 Sherpa - WFF, HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment | CANOE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer | CAMS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O, HCOOH | In situ
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Condensation Nuclei Counter | CNC | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
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Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer | CoSMIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 50.3 GHz; 52.8 GHz; 89 GHz; 165.5 GHz; 183.3 GHz | H-pol only | |||
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | Anthony Guillory (Mgr) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 37 GHz; 85 GHz | |||||
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers | CFDC | Paul J. DeMott (PI) | Colo State | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter | CFSTGC | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | Balloon, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph | ASTRO | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Counterflow Virtual Impactor | CVI | Cynthia Twohy (PI) | NWRA | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Cryogenic Hygrometer | CRYO | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | H2O | In situ
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CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia | CSU-NH3 | Ilana B. Pollack (Co-I) | Colo State | NSF/NCAR C-130, University of Wyoming King Air, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | NH3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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CU Aircraft Extractive Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer | EESI-TOFMS | Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | C6H10O5, C6H5NO4 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | HR-AMS | Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130 - NSF, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Organic Aerosol, NH4, NO3, SO4, NR-Cl, Br-, Iodine, seasalt, MSA, ClO4, pRONO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer | DFGAS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O | In situ
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Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement | DACOM | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CO, CH4, CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Differential Absorption Lidar | DIAL | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 288 nm; 300 nm; 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | O3 | ||||
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe | DASH-SP | Armin Sorooshian (PI) | UA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Differential mobility, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol | In situ
| 532 nm | ||||||
Digital Camera System | DCS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Digital Mapping System | DMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer | DIAS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Aerosol, Optical Depth, O3 | Integrated slant column
| Solar tracking
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | DAWN | Michael J. Kavaya (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Lidar | Line of Sight Wind Speed, Vector Wind Speed and Direction, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Conical scanning (angles: 30 deg nadir)
| 10 Hz
| 33 m
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Dropsondes - DC-8 | D8D | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | ||||||||
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer | DCALS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3OH, CH2O | In situ
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Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar | PR-2 | Eastwood Im (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Doppler radar backscatter | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 14 GHz; 35 GHz | |||||
Fabry-Perot Interferometer | FPI | Jay R. Herman (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | O2, CO2 | Integrated vertical column
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Fast Cloud Droplet Probe | FCDP | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Global Hawk - AFRC, Learjet SPEC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions | In situ
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Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph | SLIT | Michael Winter (PI) | University of Kentucky | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe | FSSP | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 450 nm; 530 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | aerosol scattering and backscattering coefficients | |||||
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer | FTIR | Michael Coffey (PI) | NASA HQ | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | HCl, ClONO2, N2O, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, CH4, C2H6, H2O, CO2, CF2Cl2, O3 | Integrated vertical column
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking
| 10 Hz
| 6 channels at 2-15 µm | ||||
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Snow Thickness Radar | FMCW | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2-8 GHz | |||||
Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor/Langley Airborne A-Band Spectrometer | GAMS/LAABS | Michael Pitts (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Solar Occultation, Spectrometer (in situ) | Optical Depth | In situ
| 1024 channels at 430-1030 nm; 800 channels at 759-771 nm | solar spectrometer | |||||
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence | GT-LIF | David Tan (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO, CH2O, NO2 | In situ
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Georgia Tech NO Instrument | GT-NO | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO | ||||||||
Goodrich Clear Air Turbulence Data Collection | Kris Deverasety (PI) | Goodrich Aerospace | DC-8 - AFRC | Turbulence | ||||||||||
Harvard Tracer Suite | HTS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2, CH4, N2O | 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 | ||||||||
High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Shannon Brown (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Sounder, Microwave Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 8 channels at 50-56 GHz; 10 channels at 113-119 GHz; 7 channels at 166-190 GHz | |||
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph | HFRS | Geoff McHarg (PI) | USAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
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High Spectral Resolution Lidar | HSRL-1 | Chris Hostetler (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | aerosol backscatter, depolarization, and extinction | ||||
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer | HVPS | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle size distribution | In situ
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HOx Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | HOxCIMS | Christopher A. Cantrell (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | OH, HO2, HO2+RO2 | In situ
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HR-732 Aerial Cameras | HR-732 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 3 m (at 19.8 km)
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In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde | ISAF | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WP-3D Orion - NOAA, C-130 - NSF, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties | AMP | Charles Brock (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Size Distribution | In situ
| 1 Hz
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In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties | AOP | Adam Ahern (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Extinction, Particle Absorption, Asymmetry Parameter, Black Carbon | In situ
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Intensified All-sky Camera | ALLSKY | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 400-900 nm | |||||
Intensified Camera 1 | INT1 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified Camera 2 | INT2 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph | NUV | Shinsuke Abe (PI) | Kobe University | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CCN | In situ
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Intensified High Frame Rate Imager | IHFRI | Hans Nielsen (PI) | UAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 500-900 nm | ||||||
J(NO2) Radiometer | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Solar flux | |||||||||
JPL Laser Hygrometer | JLH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm | |||||
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer | MkIV | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | 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 | ||||||||
Ku-band Radar Altimeter | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFF | Radar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| 13-17 GHz | |||||||
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor | LVIS | J. Bryan Blair (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, C-130H - WFF, Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, B200 - Dynamic Aviation | Lidar | Vegetation, Vegetation structure, surface topography, ice and sea ice elevations, ocean surface topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2000 m (at 10 km)
| 20 m (at 10 km)
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Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | Langley HR-ToF-AMS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | 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 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment | LARGE | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC, King Air B-200 - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | CN counter, Nephelometer, Optical particle counter | Aerosol Number Concentration, Aerosol Size Distribution, Scattering Coefficient, Absorption Coefficient | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 530 nm; 700 nm | |||||
Langley Cloud Probes | Langley In-situ Cloud | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | 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 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley In Situ Fast-Response Ozone Measurements | FASTOZ | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
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Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor | Langley WIBS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Fluorescence | Biological aerosol number concentration, biological aerosol fraction | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Large Pixel Format CCD Camera | Franziska Harms (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | |||||||||
Laser Imaging Nephelometer | LI-Nephelometer | Adam Ahern (PI) | NOAA CSL | Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS, DC-8 - AFRC | Nephelometer | |||||||||
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide | LIF-SO2 | Andrew Rollins (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Fluorescence | SO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment | LASE | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 5 Hz
| 815-815 nm | ||||
Lightning Instrument Project | LIP | Monte Bateman (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Electric field, Lightning, Air Conductivity | In situ
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Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America | MACDONNA | Stephanie A. Vay (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | CO2 | In situ
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Medusa Whole Air Sampler | Medusa | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | O2, CO2, N2, Argon, CO2 isotopes | In situ
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Meteorological Measurement System | MMS | T. Paul Bui (PI) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, Sierra UAV, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | 3D Wind, Turbulence, Temperature, Position, Velocities, Attitudes, True-Airspeed, Potential Temperature | In situ
| 20 Hz
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Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP | Richard Denning (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, L-188C, M-55, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Temperature | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
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Miniature Echelle Spectrograph | Echelle | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator | MASTER | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor | MACAWS | Jeffry Rothermel (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Wind, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
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Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | MCoRDS | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 20-60 MHz | |||||
Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO | ClO/BrO | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | ClO, BrO | In situ
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Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | MASP | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration, Particle size distribution, Particle Extinction | In situ
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NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument | AO2 | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | O2, CO2 | In situ
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NCAR NOxyO3 | NOxyO3 | Andrew Weinheimer (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
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Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe | Nevzorov | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument | NO/NOy | Yutaka Kondo (PI) | U Tokyo | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy | In situ
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NOAA Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | NOAA ToF CIMS | J. Andy Neuman (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | HCOOH, ClNO2, N2O5, BrO, Cl2, BrCN, BrCl, C2H4O3S | ||||||||
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer | NOAA TW | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O (total) | In situ
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NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone | NOyO3 | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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NOAA Picarro | Kathryn McKain (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, Alpha Jet | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, CO | In situ
| 1.2 Hz
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Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment | PANTHER | James W. Elkins (Co-I) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Gas chromatography | (CH3)2CO, PAN, H2, CH4, CO, N2O, SF6, CFCl3, CF2Cl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR | PAN-CIGAR | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | PAN, PPN, PiBN, PnBN, PBzN, MoPAN, APAN, MPAN | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry | PALMS | Gregory Schill (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation | PALMS-NG | Daniel Cziczo (PI) | Purdue | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Into Liquid Sampler | PILS | Rodney Weber (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Ion Chromatography | Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca+2, Cl, NO2, NO3, SO4, PO4, Br-, WSOC | In situ
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Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor | PALS | Sid Misra (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer, Radiometer | Radar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHz | scatterometer | ||||
PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones | PANAK | Hanwant Singh (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | PPN, PAN, MEK, IPN, HCN, CH3OH, CH3NO3, CH3CN, CH3CHO, CH3CH2CHO, C2H5OH, C2H5NO3, C2Cl4, (CH3)2CO | In situ
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Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer | PolSCAT | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar backscatter | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 13.95 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer | PSR | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning, Limb scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 18.7 GHz; 37 GHz; 89 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band | PSR/CX | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 5.8-6.2 GHz; 6.3-6.7 GHz; 6.75-7.1 GHz; 7.15-7.5 GHz; 4 channels at 10.6-10.8 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead | PSR/A | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 nm; 18.7 nm; 37 nm | |||||
Polarized Imaging Nephelometer | PI-Neph | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol | In situ
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Precipitation Imaging Probe | PIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer | Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler | PFP | Stephen (Steve) Montzka (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | N2O, SF6, H2, CS2, OCS, CO2, CH4, CO, CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs, Solvents, Methyl Halides, Hydrocarbons, Perfluorocarbons | In situ
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Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer | PTR-MS | Armin Wisthaler (PI) | UI | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3CHO, (CH3)2CO, CH3CN, C6H6, C4H4O, C5H8, CH3OH, MVK, C7H8, Particle Composition | In situ
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Quantum Cascade Laser System | QCLS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | NCAR G-V, NOAA P-3, DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption | CO2, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Radiometric Measurement System | RAMS | Francisco Valero (PI) | Scripps | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar flux | In situ
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Rapid Ozone Experiment | ROZE | Reem A. Hannun (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | O3 | In situ
| 10 Hz
| 265 nm | ||||||
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux | REVEAL | Lawrence C. Freudinger (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | In situ
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Rosemount Icing Detector | RICE | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content | 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 | ||||||
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | SAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
| 280-420 nm | |||||
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder | S-HIS | Joe Taylor (PI) | UW Madison | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus | Interferometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 3.3-18 µm | |||
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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Small Ice Detector | SID | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols | SAGA | Jack Dibb (PI) | UNH | DC-8 - AFRC | Ion Chromatography | Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca+2, Cl, Br-, NO3, SO4, C2O4-2, Be-7, Pb-210, HNO3 | In situ
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Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | 4STAR | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1 (DOE), DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, Cloud Liquid Water Content | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )
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Telescopic High Definition Television | THDTV | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
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Thermal-Dissociation Laser Induced Fluorescence | TD-LIF | Ronald C. Cohen (PI) | UC Berkeley | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, ∑PNs, ∑ANs, HNO3 | In situ
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Trace Organic Gas Analyzer | TOGA | Eric Apel (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ) | VOCs, alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, NMHC, Hydrocarbons, OVOCs, halogenates, alkyl nitriles, Alkyl Nitrates, sulfur-containing VOCs | In situ
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Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms | TOTCAP | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | O3, H2O, CO2 | In situ
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Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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TSI 3563 Integrating Nephelometer | TSI Neph | Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, Twin Otter (DOE) | Particle Extinction | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 450 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | 40 nm bandwidth | |||||||
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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UNH Mercury | UNHMERC | Robert Talbot (PI) | UNH | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence, Spectrometer (in situ) | Hg | In situ
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URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument | POPS | Brian Heikes (PI) | URI | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O2, CH3OOH, CH2O | In situ
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Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer | NIRSPEC | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Shock Emissions | In situ
| 0.96-1.67 µm | ||||||
Utah State University Airglow Study | AIRGLOW | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Interferometer | Airglow, OH | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
| 1-1.65 µm | |||||
Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar | VIPR | Ken Cooper (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | H2O Vapor | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Video Uplink | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (UCI) | Donald R. Blake (PI) | UC Irvine | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons, Alkyl Nitrates, OCS, DMS, CS2 | In situ
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (NCAR) | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons | In situ
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Wind Radiometer | WINDRAD | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 17 GHz; 19 GHz; 37 GHz | ||||||
X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer | LRR-X | Eric Smith (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Particle size distribution, Rain Rate | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz |