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 241 - 260 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
MACRES Ground Receiving Station (MGRS) MGRS
Valery Zavorotny
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF
Multispectral Imaging, Detection and Active Reflectance MiDAR
Dr. Ved Chirayath
(PI)
mini-DOAS mini-DOAS
Jochen Peter Stutz
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC Spectrometer BrO; NO2; O4
Millimeter Imaging Radiometer MIR
James R. Wang
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Brightness Temperature
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV
Geoffrey Toon
(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
James W. Hannigan
(PI) 		Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter MMLA
Phil Dabney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Camera; Photometer Topography
Meteorological Measurement System MMS
Kristen Okorn
(Mgr) 		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
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft MOPITT-A
James Drummond
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Sounder CO; CH4
Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface MOSES
Jeroen Molemaker
(PI) 		B200 (#801) - AFRC Camera Sea Surface Temperature
Microwave Temperature Profiler MTP
Richard Denning
(Mgr) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; L-188C; M-55; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Temperature
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS
David Van Gilst
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer NAST-I
Anna Noe
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Interferometer Temperature; Relative Humidity
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave NAST-M
R. Vincent Leslie
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Temperature; H2O
Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe Nevzorov
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector NIRAD
Darin Toohey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer NIRSPEC
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Shock Emissions
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer NMASS
Michael Reeves
(Prev PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter Particle size distribution; CCN
NCAR NO-NO2 NO-NO2
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Chemiluminescence NO; NO2
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument NO/NOy
Yutaka Kondo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy

 

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