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PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR |
INSTITUTION NAME |
MEASURED PARAMETERS |
OPERATING PRINCIPLES |
| Counterflow Virtual Impactor |
Cynthia Twohy |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Oregon State University (OSU) |
Condensed water content |
Counterflow virtual impaction |
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| Cloud Particle Imager |
Paul Lawson |
Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC), Inc. |
High resolution cloud particle images |
Triggered CCD camera with pulsed laser |
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| 2D-S Stereo Probe |
Paul Lawson |
Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC), Inc. |
Cloud particle images and concentrations |
Linear array shadowing |
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| Cloud Imaging Probe |
Andy Heymsfield |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Cloud particle images |
64-element Optical Array Probe |
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Temperature |
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Pressure |
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Airspeed |
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| Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer |
Andy Heymsfield |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Cloud particles |
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Airspeed |
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Temperature |
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Liquid Water Content (LWC) |
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| Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar |
Eastwood Im |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
Simultaneous HH (co-pol) radar backscatter power profiles at 14 and 35 GHz |
14/35 GHz Dual-frequency Doppler Radar |
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Simultaneous HV (cross-pol) radar backscatter power profiles at 14 and 35 GHz |
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Vertical Doppler frequency profiles at 14 and 35 GHz |
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| Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux |
Lawrence C. Freudinger |
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) |
Various environmental parameters, position and attitude information, sun angles |
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| High Altitude Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Sounding Radiometer |
Bjorn Lambrigtsen |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
Brightness temperatures in 25 spectral channels and 3 spectral bands |
Passive microwave soundings |
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| Dropsondes |
Gerry Heymsfield |
NASA Headquarters |
Height profiles of meteorological parameters |
Expendable dropsondes |
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| Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment |
Bruce E. Anderson |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Ultrafine CN |
Aerosol condensation growth plus optical particle counter |
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Total and nonvolatile CN |
Aerosol condensation growth plus optical particle counter |
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Aerosol scattering and backscattering coefficients at 450nm, 550 nm & 700 nm |
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Total and submicron aerosol scattering coefficients at 530 nm |
Light scattering optical instruments |
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Total and submicron aerosol absorption coefficients at 470, 530, and 660 nm |
Light attenuation through aerosol deposited on filter |
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Particle size from 10 to 300 nm |
Differential mobility |
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Particle size from 100 to 2000 nm |
Amplitude measurement of aerosol scattering of laser light |
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Particle size distribution from 0.7 to 20 um |
Relative acceleration through a jet |
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Ambient aerosol/cloud size distribution from 0.6 to 1550 um plus cloud liquid water content |
Laser light scattering, optical array particle imaging, and hot wire sensor |
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| Diode Laser Hygrometer |
Glenn S. Diskin |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Water vapor mixing ratio |
Tunable diode laser absorption (NIR) |
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| Carbon mOnoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission |
Jim Podolske |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Carbon monoxide mixing ratio |
Off-axis integrated output spectroscopy |
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| Meteorological Measurement System |
T. Paul Bui |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Static and total pressure |
Vector differencing |
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Total temperature |
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Three dimensional wind velocities |
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Turbulence |
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Aircraft position, velocities, accelerations, and attitudes |
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| Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment |
Edward V. Browell |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Water vapor profiles |
DIfferential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) technique |
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Aerosol profiles |
Off-line lidar signals |
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Cloud distributions |
Off-line lidar signals |
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| PEROX |
Brian Heikes |
University of Rhode Island |
Hydrogen peroxide |
Gas->aqueous collection, wet chemical analysis with flourescence detection |
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Methylhydroperoxide |
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Formaldehyde |
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| Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers |
Rick Shetter |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Actinic Flux |
Spectroradiometry |
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| Differential Absorption Carbon Monoxide Measurement |
Glen Sachse |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Carbon Monoxide |
Differential Absorption Diode Laser |
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Methane |
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Nitrous Oxide |
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| UNH Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols |
Jack Dibb |
University of New Hampshire |
Nitic acid |
Mist chamber, filter collection, and ion chromatography |
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Fine aerosol sulfate |
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Bulk aerosol composition |
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Beryllium-7 |
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Lead-210 |
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| Fast Ozone |
Melody Avery |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Ozone |
Chemiluminescence and UV absorption |
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| Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Notrhwestern North America |
Stephanie A. Vay |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Carbon dioxide |
Non-dispersive infrared analyzer |
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| Water Vapor/J(NO2) Radiometers |
John Barrick |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Dew/frost point |
Chilled mirror hygrometer |
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Photolysis rate of NO2, J(NO2) |
Filter radiometer |
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| Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer |
Alan Fried |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Formaldehyde and methanol |
Infrared absorption spectroscopy |
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| University of California, Irvine |
Donald R. Blake |
University of California, Irvine (UCI) |
NMHC's and halocarbons |
Sample collection followed by in-lab analysis |
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| UV DIfferential Absorption Ozone and Aerosol Lidar |
Ed Browell |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Ozone |
Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) |
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Aerosol backscatter profiles |
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| PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones |
Hanwant Singh |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
PAN, PPN, C2CL4, methyl nitrate, ethyl nitrate, isopropyl nitrate, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, methanol, ehtanol, HCN, CH3CN |
Electron Capture Gas Chromatography (EC-GC) |
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PhotoIonization Detection (PID) |
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Reduction Gas Detection (RGD) |
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Tony Clarke |
University of Hawaii (UH) |
Particle concentration |
Laser and detection circuits count butyl alcohol condensed on air particles |
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Ultrafine particle concentration |
Laser and detection circuits count butyl alcohol condensed on air particles |
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Sub-micron aerosol size and concentration |
High voltage selection and laser counting of a specific particle size range |
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Aerosol size and concentration |
He-Ne laser light source is used in conjunction a detector and optics |
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Aerosol scattering |
Strobe light source is used in conjuction with an optical filter and photomultiplier tube |
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Aerosol light absorption |
LED light source and photo detectors are used in conjunction with filters to determine light absorption characteristics |
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Sub-micron aerosol size and concentration |
High voltage selection and laser counting of a specific particle size range |
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Total and sub-micron light scatteriing/backscatterin |
Halogen light source is used in conjunction with optical filters and photomultipliers |
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| Georgia Tech NO Instrument |
Greg Huey |
Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) |
Nitric oxide |
Chemiluminescence |
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| Airborne Tropospheric HOx Sensor |
William H. Brune |
Pennsylvania State University (PSU) |
OH |
Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) in low pressure detection chambers |
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HO2 |
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Naphthalene |
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Total OH reactivity |
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| Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence |
David Tan |
Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) |
NO, HCHO |
Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) |
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| Thermal Dissociation-Laser Induced Fluorescence of NO2 (also known as Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector, BNOD) |
Ronald C. Cohen |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
NO2 and related molecules |
Direct measurement of NO2 by Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) with thermal conversion of HONO2, CH3O3NO2, etc. to NO2 |
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| Georgia Tech CIMS |
Greg Huey |
Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) |
SO2 and HO2NO2 |
Chemical ionization |
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| Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar |
Thomas J. McGee |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
Vertical ozone profile |
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Vertical temperature profile |
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Vertical aerosol profile |
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| Telescopic High Definition Television |
Ed Schilling |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Imaging at the highest possible spatial resolution |
Telescopic HDTV imaging |
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| High Speed Slit-less Spectrograph |
Geoff McHarg |
United States Air Force (USAF) Academy |
Radiation signature at high temporal resolution |
Slit-less spectroscopy |
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| Large Pixel Format CCD Camera |
Franziska Harms |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Luminosity and spectroscopy |
0.40 to 0.86 nm widefield imaging |
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| Intensified Camera 1 |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
Position and broadband visible magnitude of SRC below 40° elevation |
0.40 to 0.86 nm widefield imaging |
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| Photometer |
Dick Spalding |
Sandia National Laboratories |
Light intensity and rapid fluctuations from spinning and plasma instabilities |
0.655 and 0.870 micron high-speed photometry |
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| Intensified High Speed Slit-less Spectrograph |
Hans Stenbeak-Nielsen |
University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Imaging of SRC at peak brightness at high temporal resolution |
Intensified high framerate imaging |
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| Digital Imaging and Spotting |
Paul F. Wercinski |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Surface temperature over maximum range |
B, V, and R broadband photometry by CCD imaging |
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| Slit Spectrograph |
Michael Winter |
University of Stuttgart, Germany |
0.3 to 0.55 micron radiation signature at high spectral resolution |
Slit-spectroscopy |
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| Miniature Echelle Spectrograph |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
0.30 to 0.88 micron radiation signature at high spectral resolution |
Slit-less Echelle spectroscopy |
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| Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
0.50 to 0.88 micron radiation signature at high spectral resolution |
Slit-less spectroscopy |
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| Near-UV |
Shinsuke Abe |
Kobe University, Japan |
Near-UV signatures of CN, N2+ |
Slit-less spectroscopy |
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| Near-Infrared Spectrometer |
Mike J. Taylor |
Utah State University |
0.96 to 1.67 micron radiation signature at two spectral resolutions |
Slit-less spectroscopy |
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| Intensified Allsky Camera |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
Position and broadband visible magnitude of SRC above 40° elevation |
0.40 to 0.86 nm widefield imaging |
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| Intensified Camera 2 |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
Position and broadband visible magnitude of SRC below 40° elevation |
0.40 to 0.86 nm widefield imaging |
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| Video Uplink |
Ed Schilling |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Near real-time video to ground |
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| Microwave Temperature Profiler |
M. J. Mahoney |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
Temperature profiles |
Passive microwave radiometer |
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| Atmospheric Constituent Measurements Using Airborne Submillimeter Radiometry |
Dr. Harry Kullmann |
University of Bremen, Germany |
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Passive radiometry of thermal molecular emissions lines at sub-millimeter wavelengths |
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| CCD Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers |
Richard E. Shetter |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Wavelength dependent actinic flux |
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Ozone column above aircraft |
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| Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscope |
Michael Coffey |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Derives column amounts of numerous stratospheric gases from infrared spectra |
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| Fabry-Perot Interferometer |
William Heaps |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
Carbon dioxide and oxygen total column measurements |
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| Airborne Synthetic Aperature Radar |
DURDEN |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
Multi-frequency and multi-polarization radar data and acquires data in interferometric modes |
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| Particle Into Liquid Sampler with Dual-Channel Ion Chromatograph |
Rodney Weber |
Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) |
Chloride, nitrate, sulfate, sodium, ammonium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium |
Particle into liquid sampler with ion chromatography |
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| Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer |
Paul Wennberg |
California Institute of Technology |
Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and methyl-hydrogen peroxide |
Ionization and mass-specific detection of trace atmospheric molecules |
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| Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment |
Steve Young |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Range to first and last reflective surfaces |
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| Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer |
Steve DiNardo |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
VV, HH, VH, and HV polarized radar surface response |
Ku-band polarimetric scatterometer operating at 13.95 GHz |
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| Wind Radiometer |
Steve DiNardo |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
17 and 37 GHz |
Radiometer |
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| Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements |
Edward Teets |
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) |
Horizontal velocity measurements and atmospheric backscatter levels |
2 micron forward scanning doppler lidar |
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| Utah State University Airglow Study |
Mike J. Taylor |
Utah State University |
Night sky imaging |
Multi-wavelength measurements of meteor and airglow emissions |
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| Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph |
Peter Jenniskens |
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute |
High resolution optical spectroscopy at 0.3 to 0.9 micron, high spatial scale imaging |
Slit spectroscopy |
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| 14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer |
Philip B. Russell |
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) |
Solar direct-beam transmission at 14 wavelengths between 353 and 2139 nm |
Photodiode detectors and interference filters with autonomous sun-tracking |
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| Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer |
Eric Smith |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) |
Engineering evaluation and precipitation over ocean |
Passive thermal emission by precipitation at microwave frequencies |
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| Aerosol Lidar |
William Grant |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Atmospheric backscatter in nadir at 532 and 1064 nm |
Lidar |
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| Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer |
Robbie E. Hood |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) |
Microwave radiation from 10 to 85 GHz |
Measures passive microwave radiation |
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| Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer |
John Michael Reeves |
University of Denver |
Concentration and size of aerosol particles |
Pulse-height measurements of scattered laser light |
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| Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer |
John Michael Reeves |
University of Denver |
Concentration and size of aerosol particles |
Tuned CN counters |
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| PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment |
James W. Elkins |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
Methyl halides, HCFC's, PAN, N20, SF6, CFC-12, CFC-11, Halon-1211, methyl chloroform, carbon tetrachloride |
Electron Capture Detection and Gas Chromatography (ECD-GC) and Mass Selective Detection and Gas Chromatography (MSD-GC) |
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| Direct Beam Solar Irradiance Spectroradiometer |
Richard E. Shetter |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
Wavelength dependent aerosol optical depth and slant ozone column |
Solar tracking direct beam UV/visible irradiance |
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| Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor/Langley Airborne A-Band Spectrometer |
Michael Pitts |
NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) |
Line of sight optical depth from 420 to 1030 nm |
Solar occultation |
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| Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder |
Hank Revercomb |
University of Wisconsin |
Emitted thermal radiation |
Scanning interferometer measuring emitted thermal radiation |
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| Goodrich Clear Air Turbulence Data Collection |
Kris Deverasety |
Goodrich Aerospace |
Digitized antenna output |
12 bit analog to digital converter |
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| Lightning Instrument Package |
BLAKESLEE |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) |
Electric field and electric field changes |
Electric field mill |
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| JPL Laser Hygrometer |
Robert L. Herman |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |
Water vapor volume mixing ratio |
Laser absorption |
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| Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer |
Robbie E. Hood |
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) |
Passive microwave emissions at 37 and 85 GHz |
Passive scanning radiometer |
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