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 - 16 of 16.
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
2 Channel Selected Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer SI/CIMS-2
Fred Eisele
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF CIMS OH; H2SO4; CH4SO3; DMSO; NH3; Aerosol
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna CAPS Vienna
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - DC8
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer CAPS - WB57
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment CAPS-PIP
Bernadett Weinzierl
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Compact Raman Lidar CRL
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		University of Wyoming King Air; NSF/NCAR C-130; WP-3D Orion - NOAA Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe DASH-SP
Armin Sorooshian
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Differential mobility; Spectrometer (in situ) Aerosol
Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer DIAS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer Aerosol; Optical Depth; O3
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar MARLi
Zhien Wang
(PI) 		NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; P-3 Orion - WFF Lidar H2O; Temperature; Aerosol; and cloud profiles
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry PALMS
Gregory Schill
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation PALMS-NG
Daniel Cziczo
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle Composition; Aerosol
Polarized Imaging Nephelometer PI-Neph
J. Vanderlei Martins
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave QCM/SAW
Arthur Thorpe
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Counterflow virtual impactor Aerosol
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) SP2
Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; GV - NCAR; Gulfstream III - LaRC Photometer Black Carbon; Aerosol

 

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