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 - 13 of 13.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder A-SMLS (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.
Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers CAFS (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
Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment CAFE (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; C-23 Sherpa - WFF; HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) Fluorescence CH2O
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer CAMS (Co-I) Gulfstream V - NSF; DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O; HCOOH
Compact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE (PI) CH2O
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE(GSFC) (PI) Alpha Jet; Ground site Fluorescence CH2O
Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer DFGAS (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Spectrometer (in situ) CH2O
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer DCALS (Co-I) DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) CH3OH; CH2O
GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer GCAS (PI) B200 - LARC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer NO2; CH2O
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence GT-LIF (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence NO; CH2O; NO2
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde ISAF (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WP-3D Orion - NOAA; C-130 - NSF; B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC Fluorescence CH2O
NDACC MLO FTIR MLOFTIR (PI) Interferometer CO; CH4; ClONO2; HCOOH; C2H6; HCN; HCl; HF; HNO3; H2O; HDO; OCS; N2O; O3; CH2O
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument POPS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O2; CH3OOH; CH2O

 

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