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 60.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer ALIS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer ATLAS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) N2O; CH4; CO; O3
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
Alpha Jet Ozone Instrument
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Alpha Jet Spectrometer (in situ) O3
Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument ARGUS
Max Loewenstein
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CH4; N2O
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere AVOCET
Joshua P. DiGangi
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer CO2LAS
Gary Spiers
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers CAFS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC Spectrometer (in situ) Spectrally resolved actinic flux and photolysis frequencies typically calculated for the following species: O3; NO2; NO3; CH2O; HONO; HNO3; N2O5; HNO4; PAN; H2O2; CH3OOH; CH3ONO2; CH3CH2ONO2; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; CHOCHO; CH3COCHO; 2; 3-Butanedione; Methacrolein; MVK; (CH3)2CO; MEK; Br2; BrO; BrNO; BrNO2; BrONO; BrONO2; BrCl; HOBr; CHBr3; Cl2; ClO; ClNO2; ClONO; ClONO2
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)
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 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
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer CO2-WEBS
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer CAMS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O; HCOOH
Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement CPFM
C. Thomas McElroy
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer; Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph ASTRO
Peter Jenniskens
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia CSU-NH3
Ilana B. Pollack
(Co-I) 		NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) NH3
CU Aircraft Extractive Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer EESI-TOFMS
Jose-Luis Jimenez
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) C6H10O5; C6H5NO4
CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer HR-AMS
Jose-Luis Jimenez
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; C-130 - NSF; Gulfstream III - LaRC Spectrometer (in situ) Organic Aerosol; NH4; NO3; SO4; NR-Cl; Br-; Iodine; seasalt; MSA; ClO4; pRONO2

 

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