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 21 - 38 of 38.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera
Franziska Harms
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Leonardo Airborne Simulator LAS
Si-Chee Tsay
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Miniature Video Imaging System MVIS
David Van Gilst
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
MODIS Airborne Simulator MAS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer Imagery
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-NG
Robert O. Green
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC PICARD ARC
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC PICARD GSFC
Kerry G. Meyer
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Research Scanning Polarimeter RSP
Brian Cairns
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31 Polarimeter Imagery
Telescopic High Definition Television THDTV
Edward Schilling
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Thematic Mapper Simulator TMS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager 3V-CPI
Jorgen Jensen
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar UAVSAR
Yunling Lou
(PI) 		Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC; Gulfstream III - JSC Radar Imagery
Video Imaging System VIS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Video Uplink
Edward Schilling
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment WAVE
Marty Ross
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
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