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 21 - 27 of 27.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator MASTER
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer Imagery
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIRIS-NG
Robert O. Green
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream G-5 Spectrometer Imagery
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer PRISM
David Thompson
(PI) 		Twin Otter International; Gulfstream III - LaRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Radiance; Ocean Color; Chlorophyll-a
Precipitation Imaging Probe PIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager; Spectrometer Particle size distribution
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC PICARD ARC
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC PICARD GSFC
Kerry G. Meyer
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research 4STAR
Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen
(Co-I) 		P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130H - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Gulfstream G-1 (DOE); DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer NO2; O3; H2O; Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth; Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent; Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter; Aerosol Scattering phase function; Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Complex Refractive Index; Cloud Optical Depth; Cloud droplet effective radius; Cloud Thermodynamic Phase; Cloud Liquid Water Content

 

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