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 - 40 of 60.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer DPOPS
John Dykema
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) particle number density; Particle size distribution
Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer DFGAS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O
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
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe DASH-SP
Armin Sorooshian
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Differential mobility; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer DCALS
Alan Fried
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CH3OH; CH2O
Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph SLIT
Michael Winter
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Brightness Temperature
G2301-f
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; H2O
G2301-m
Laura Iraci
(PI) 		Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4; H2O
Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor/Langley Airborne A-Band Spectrometer GAMS/LAABS
Michael Pitts
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Solar Occultation; Spectrometer (in situ) Optical Depth
Harvard Tracer Suite HTS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer HUPCRS
Steven C. Wofsy
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH4; CO2; CO
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph HFRS
Geoff McHarg
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer HVPS
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle size distribution
High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer Harvard CO2
Steven C. Wofsy
(PI) 		Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties AMP
Charles Brock
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Size Distribution
In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties AOP
Adam Ahern
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Black Carbon
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph NUV
Shinsuke Abe
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CCN
Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer IRIS
Hans-Jürg Jost
(PI) 		M-55; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O isotopes
JPL Laser Hygrometer JLH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) H2O
Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Langley HR-ToF-AMS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; C-130H - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol Mass Concentrations of Organics; Sulfate; Nitrate; Ammonium; Chloride

 

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