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 1 - 20 of 20.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4; CO2 isotopes; HCl
Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument ARGUS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CH4; N2O
Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment CARAFE
Glenn M. Wolfe
(PI) 		C-23 Sherpa - WFF Laser absorption CO2; CH4; H2O concentrations and fluxes
Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission COBALT
James Podolske
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption CO
Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames COMA
Roy R. Johnson
(Mgr) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO; N2O; H2O
Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 COLD 2
Francesco D'Amato
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO and N2O
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer CLH
Linnea Avallone
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption H2O (total)
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 CLH2
Darin Toohey
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; C-230 - NSF; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O (total)
Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement DACOM
Glenn S. Diskin
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CO; CH4; CO2
Diode Laser Hygrometer DLH
Glenn S. Diskin
(PI) 		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
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer DCALS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CH3OH; CH2O
Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment HOx
James Anderson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence; Laser absorption OH; HO2
Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy ICOS
David Sayres
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Laser absorption H2O
Harvard Tracer Suite HTS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research HIGEAR
Antony Clarke
(Co-I) 		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
Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer IRIS
Hans-Jürg Jost
(PI) 		M-55; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O isotopes
Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer Langley SP2
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Laser absorption Black carbon mass concentrations
NOAA Water
Troy Thornberry
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption H2O; H2O (total)
Quantum Cascade Laser System QCLS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		NCAR G-V; NOAA P-3; DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption CO2; CO; CH4; N2O
Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms TOTCAP
Linnea Avallone
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) O3; H2O; CO2

 

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