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 20.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor ATHOS
William H. Brune
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence OH; Napthalene; HO2; NO
Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector BNOD
Ronald C. Cohen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; HNO3; CH3O3NO2
Chlorine Nitrate Instrument ClONO2
David Wilmouth
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ClO; ClONO2; BrO
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment CAFE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; C-23 Sherpa - WFF; HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) Fluorescence CH2O
Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment CANOE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE(GSFC)
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		Alpha Jet; Ground site Fluorescence CH2O
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence GT-LIF
David Tan
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO; CH2O; NO2
Harvard Halogen Instrument HAL
David Wilmouth
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence BrO; ClO; CIONO2
Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment HOx
James Anderson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence; Laser absorption OH; HO2
Harvard Lyman-α Photofragment Fluorescence Hygrometer HWV-LYA
Jessica B. Smith
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence H2O
Harvard Total Water HTW
Jessica B. Smith
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O (total)
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde ISAF
Glenn M. Wolfe
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WP-3D Orion - NOAA; C-130 - NSF; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Fluorescence CH2O
Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor Langley WIBS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF Fluorescence Biological aerosol number concentration; biological aerosol fraction
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Nitrogen Oxide LIF-NO
Andrew Rollins
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Fluorescence NO
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide LIF-SO2
Andrew Rollins
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC Fluorescence SO2
Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO ClO/BrO
James Anderson
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence ClO; BrO
Thermal-Dissociation Laser Induced Fluorescence TD-LIF
Ronald C. Cohen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ∑PNs; ∑ANs; HNO3
UNH Mercury UNHMERC
Robert Talbot
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence; Spectrometer (in situ) Hg
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument POPS
Brian Heikes
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O2; CH3OOH; CH2O
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument VUV-CO
Teresa Campos
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Fluorescence CO

 

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