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.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 21 - 27 of 27.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
NOAA Picarro
Kathryn McKain
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Alpha Jet Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; CO
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment PANTHER
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Gas chromatography (CH3)2CO; PAN; H2; CH4; CO; N2O; SF6; CFCl3; CF2Cl2; Halon-1211
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer Picarro
Frank Flocke
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4
Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler PFP
Stephen (Steve) Montzka
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling N2O; SF6; H2; CS2; OCS; CO2; CH4; CO; CFCs; HCFCs; HFCs; Solvents; Methyl Halides; Hydrocarbons; Perfluorocarbons
Quantum Cascade Laser System QCLS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		NCAR G-V; NOAA P-3; DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption CO2; CO; CH4; N2O
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species UCATS
Brad Hall
(PI) 		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
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package UAVAWSP
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4

 

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