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 1 - 10 of 10.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Aerosol Optical Properties AERO3X
Anthony Strawa
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Optical particle counter Black Carbon; NO2; Particle Scattering; Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Backscattering
Cloud Integrating Nephelometer CIN
Hermann Gerber
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; Citation; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Asymmetry Parameter; Optical Extinction Coefficient; Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers CFDC
Paul J. DeMott
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Fast Cloud Droplet Probe FCDP
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Global Hawk - AFRC; Learjet SPEC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Optical particle counter Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions
Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer FCAS
James Wilson
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe FSSP
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research HIGEAR
Antony Clarke
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF CN counter; Differential mobility; Laser absorption; Optical particle counter; Photometer; Spectrometer Particle Absorption; CCN; Particle Scattering; Aerosol Size Distribution; Black Carbon
Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment LARGE
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; King Air B-200 - LaRC/Dynamic; Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS CN counter; Nephelometer; Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution; Scattering Coefficient; Absorption Coefficient
Particles in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere PUTLS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution
SPP-100 SPP
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle concentration

 

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