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 21.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
2D-S Stereo Probe 2DS
Sarah Woods
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Learjet SPEC; Alpha Jet Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration; Particle Extinction
2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe 2DC
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
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 Droplet Probe CDP
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Cloud Imaging Probe CIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager 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
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers CFDC
Paul J. DeMott
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer DPOPS
John Dykema
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) particle number density; Particle size distribution
Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer FCAS
James Wilson
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe FSSP
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Particle size distribution
Hawkeye Hawkeye
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Particle imager Particle size distribution
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer HVPS
Paul Lawson
(PI) 		Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ) Particle size distribution
Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System MACS
James Wilson
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Counterflow virtual impactor Particle size distribution
Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe MASP
Darrel Baumgardner
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Particle concentration; Particle size distribution; Particle Extinction
Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer NMASS
Michael Reeves
(Prev PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter Particle size distribution; CCN
Precipitation Imaging Probe PIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager; Spectrometer Particle size distribution
Small Ice Detector SID
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle size distribution

 

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