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 22.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer AATS-14
Stephen Broccardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Twin Otter International; C130H - WFF Photometer Aerosol; H2O; O3; Optical Depth; NO2
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
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer ALIAS-II
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		Balloon Spectrometer N2O; CH4; CO; HCl; NO2
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS
Nathaniel Livesey
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits); ER-2 - AFRC Limb Sounder H2O; O3; CO; primary; also: HNO3; CH2O; N2O; HCN; CH3CN; CH3OH; SO2; HDO; H2O2; NO2; CH3Cl; (CH3)2CO; depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading.
Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector BNOD
Ronald C. Cohen
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; HNO3; CH3O3NO2
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
Chlorine Nitrate Instrument ClONO2
David Wilmouth
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ClO; ClONO2; BrO
Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment CANOE
Jason M. St. Clair
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer FTIR
Michael Coffey
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer HCl; ClONO2; N2O; NO; NO2; HNO3; HF; CH4; C2H6; H2O; CO2; CF2Cl2; O3
GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer GCAS
Scott Janz
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer NO2; CH2O
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence GT-LIF
David Tan
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO; CH2O; NO2
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer MkIV
Geoffrey Toon
(PI) 		Balloon; DC-8 - AFRC Interferometer H2O; O3; N2O; CO; CH4; NO; NO2; HNO3; HNO4; N2O5; H2O2; ClONO2; HOCl; HCl; HF; COF2; CF4; SF6; CF2ClCFCl2; CHF2Cl; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CCl4; CH3Cl; C2H2; C2H6; OCS; HCN; N2; O2; CO2
mini-DOAS mini-DOAS
Jochen Peter Stutz
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC Spectrometer BrO; NO2; O4
NCAR NO-NO2 NO-NO2
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Chemiluminescence NO; NO2
NCAR NOxyO3 NOxyO3
Andrew Weinheimer
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument NO/NOy
Yutaka Kondo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone NOyO3
Thomas B Ryerson
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy; O3
NOAA NOy Instrument NOAA NOy
Patrick Veres
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Balloon Chemiluminescence NO; NO2; NOy
Particle Into Liquid Sampler PILS
Rodney Weber
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Ion Chromatography Na; NH4; K; Mg; Ca+2; Cl; NO2; NO3; SO4; PO4; Br-; WSOC
Reactive Nitrogen
David Fahey
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC NO2; NO3; NOy; NO; N2O5; ClONO2

 

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