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 - 20 of 38.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer AESMIR (PI) C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Imagery; Snow Thickness; Sea Ice Surface Elevation; H2O; Temperature
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager AirMSPI (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Radiometer Imagery
Airborne Ocean Color Imager AOCI (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-Classic (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; Proteus; Twin Otter; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer Imagery
Ames Digital Imager DIM (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph AIM-IT (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Autonomous Modular Sensor AMS (Mgr) Altair; B200 - LARC; Caravan; ER-2 - AFRC; Ikhana; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Cloud Absorption Radiometer CAR (PI) J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion; C-131A University of Washington Radiometer Solar flux; Imagery
Cloud Particle Imager CPI (PI) Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle phase; habit; Imagery
Digital Camera System DCS (Mgr) B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Digital Mapping System DMS (Mgr) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; HU-25A Guardian - LaRC; Gulfstream V - NSF Camera Imagery
Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator eMAS (Co-I) ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph HFRS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Spectrometer (in situ) Imagery
HR-732 Aerial Cameras HR-732 (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
HyMap HyMap (PI) Cessna 402B; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer Imagery
Intensified All-sky Camera ALLSKY (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 1 INT1 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified Camera 2 INT2 (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Intensified High Frame Rate Imager IHFRI (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
IRIS II Panoramic Camera IRIS II (Mgr) ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery

 

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