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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 21 - 28 of 28.Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
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CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer | CO2-WEBS | Lance Christensen (PI) | Balloon | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer | CO2LAS | Gary Spiers (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 |
Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment | CARAFE | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | C-23 Sherpa - WFF | Laser absorption | CO2, CH4, H2O concentrations and fluxes |
Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version | Nader Abuhassan (Co-I) | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | CO2 | |
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere | AVOCET | Joshua P. DiGangi (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 |
ARC Picarro | Warren Gore (Co-I) | Alpha Jet, DC-8 - AFRC | CH4, CO2 | ||
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer | ALIS | Lance Christensen (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O, CO2 isotopes, CO2 |
Airborne Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. |