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 - 12 of 12.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna CAPS Vienna
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Imaging Probe CIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor CSI
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor; Spectrometer (in situ) Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - DC8
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - WB57
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment CAPS-PIP
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Counterflow Virtual Impactor CVI
Cynthia Twohy
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Cloud Liquid Water Content
Langley Cloud Probes Langley In-situ Cloud
Richard Moore
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC Particle imager Cloud Droplet Number and Size Distributions; Cloud Droplet Effective Radius and Variance; Precipitation Particle Number and Size Distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content; Cloud Ice Water Content
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)
Rosemount Icing Detector RICE
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research 4STAR
Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen
(Co-I) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Gulfstream G-1 (DOE); DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer NO2; O3; H2O; Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth; Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent; Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter; Aerosol Scattering phase function; Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Complex Refractive Index; Cloud Optical Depth; Cloud droplet effective radius; Cloud Thermodynamic Phase; Cloud Liquid Water Content

 

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