Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Center | Aircraft | Type | Measurements | Measurement Range | Measurement Instrument Pointing | Measurement Frequency | Measurement Swath Width | Measurement Horizontal Resolution | Measurement Vertical Resolution | Measurement Wavelengths | Measurement Notes |
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14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer | AATS-14 | Stephen Broccardo (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Twin Otter International, C130H - WFF | Photometer | Aerosol, H2O, O3, Optical Depth, NO2 | Integrated vertical column
| Solar tracking
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2 Channel Selected Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | SI/CIMS-2 | Fred Eisele (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | OH, H2SO4, CH4SO3, DMSO, NH3, Aerosol | In situ
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2D-S Stereo Probe | 2DS | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | 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 | In situ
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2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe | 2DC | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 25-1600 µm | ice, water | |||||
Accumulation Radar | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 600-900 MHz | when operated from aircraft | |||||
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer | AMPR | Timothy Lang (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 19.35 GHz; 37.1 GHz; 85.5 GHz | |||||
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System | AVAPS | Gary Wick (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Wind | Vertical profile
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Advanced Whole Air Sampler | AWAS | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | CFCs, HFCs, HCFCs, Halons, Solvents, VSLS, NMHCs, Organic Nitrates, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
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Aerosol and Cloud Lidar | ROSCOE | Edward P. Nowottnick (PI) | NASA GSFC | WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 355 nm; 1064 nm | |||||
Aerosol Lidar | William Grant (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| 15 m
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||||
Aerosol Optical Properties | AERO3X | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Black Carbon, NO2, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Extinction, Particle Absorption, Asymmetry Parameter, Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Backscattering | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 675 nm | |||||
Aerosol/Cloud Particle Impactor/Replicator | ACIR | Rudolf Pueschel (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | CCN, Black Carbon, SO4 | In situ
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Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS-II | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Spectrometer | N2O, CH4, CO, HCl, NO2 | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 1 Hz
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Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species | ACATS | James W. Elkins (Co-I) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Citation | Gas chromatography | CFCl3, CF2Cl2, CF2ClCFCl2, CH3CCl3, CCl4, Halon-1211, CHCl3, CH4, H2, N2O, SF6 | In situ
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Airborne Cloud Radar | ACR | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter (DOE) | Radar | Radar Reflectivity | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 150 m
| 94.905 GHz; 94.915 GHz; 94.925 GHz; 94.935 GHz | ||||
Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements | ACLAIM | Edward Teets (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | |||||||||
Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emissions | ADELE | David Smith (PI) | UCSC | Global Hawk - AFRC | Gamma-Rays, Relativistic Electrons | |||||||||
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer | AESMIR | Edward Kim (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Imagery, Snow Thickness, Sea Ice Surface Elevation, H2O, Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 6-100 GHz | |||||
Airborne Emission Spectrometer | AES | Helen Worden (Co-I) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C130 | Interferometer | O3, CO, H2O, CO2, CH4, NH3, etc. | 4.5-13 µm | |||||||
Airborne Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe | AXCTD | Dan S. Jacob (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Dropsonde | Ocean Salinity, Temperature | In situ
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Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer | GLISTIN-A | Delwyn Moller (PI) | JPL | Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC | Interferometer, Radar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer | ALIS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O, CO2 isotopes, CO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper Experiment | ALTM | Steve Young (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance | Air-LUSI | Kevin Turpie (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Lunar Spectral Irradiance | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards (angles: 265° - 275° from heading)
| 350 nm; 1050 nm | |||||
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer | AirMISR | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 70.5, 60, 45.6, 26.1)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 27.5 m (at 20 km)
| 446 nm; 558 nm; 672 nm; 866 nm | |||
Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimeter Imager | AirMSPI | Dave Diner (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: variable between ±75, typical: 70, 60, 45, 26)
| 11000 m (at 20 km)
| 55 m (at 20 km)
| 355 nm; 380 nm; 445 nm; 470 nm; 555 nm; 660 nm; 865 nm; 935 nm | |||
Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer | AMMR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | Convair 580 NRC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 10-92 GHz | ||||||
Airborne Ocean Color Imager | AOCI | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.436-0.455 µm; 0.481-0.501 µm; 0.511-0.531 µm; 0.554-0.575 µm; 0.61-0.631 µm; 0.655-0.676 µm; 0.741-0.8 µm; 0.831-0.897 µm; 0.989-1.054 µm; 8.423-12.279 µm | ||||
Airborne Rain Mapping Radar | ARMAR | Steve Durden (Co-I) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity, Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 9000 m (at 12 km)
| 800 m (at 12 km)
| 13.8 GHz | |||
Airborne Raman Ozone, Temperature, and Aerosol Lidar | AROTAL | Thomas J. McGee (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar, Raman spectrometer | Temperature, , O3, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 308 nm; 332 nm; 355 nm; 387 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | N2 Raman | ||||
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder | A-SMLS | Nathaniel Livesey (PI) | JPL | 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. | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
| 2000 m
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Airborne Second Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-2 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz | Ku band | ||||
Airborne Submillimeter Radiometer | ASUR | Harry Kullmann (PI) | U Bremen | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | ClO, HCl, HNO3, N2O, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 604.3-662.3 GHz | |||||
Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar | AIRSAR | Yunling Lou (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Radar backscatter | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 20-50)
| 10 m (at 8 km)
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Airborne Third Generation Precipitation Radar | APR-3 | Simone Tanelli (PI) | JPL | P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 Hz
| 120 m
| 13.4 GHz; 35.6 GHz; 94 GHz | Ku band | ||
Airborne Topographic Mapper | ATM | William Krabill (Prev PI) | NASA WFF | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC | Lidar | Topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.2 m (at 0.8 km)
| 532 nm | Pulsed at 5 kHz | |||
Airborne Tropospheric Hydrogen Oxides Sensor | ATHOS | William H. Brune (PI) | Penn State | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | OH, Napthalene, HO2, NO | In situ
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Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer | ATLAS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CH4, CO, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Airborne Version of Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter | AirHARP | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Polarimeter | |||||||||
Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer - 3 | AVIRIS-3 | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | B200 - Dynamic Aviation, G-III, G-V-JSC | Spectrometer | Radiance from the surface and atmosphere. | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 200 Hz
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Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-Classic | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, Twin Otter, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 12000 m (at 20 km)
| 20 m (at 20 km)
| 31 channels at 410-700 nm; 63 channels at 680-1270 nm; 63 channels at 1250-1860 nm; 63 channels at 1840-2450 nm | 9.4 nm bandwidth | ||
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, H2O isotopes, H2O, CO, CH4, CO2 isotopes, HCl | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Alpha Jet Ozone Instrument | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet | Spectrometer (in situ) | O3 | In situ
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Ames Digital Imager | DIM | Paul F. Wercinski (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
Ames Extinction Scattering Optical Property Instrument | AESOP | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | Twin Otter - GRC | Particle Extinction, Single Scattering Albedo | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 675 nm | ||||||
Applanix POS System | POS AV | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, Caravan, Cessna 402B, DC-8 - AFRC, J-31, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
ARC Picarro | Warren Gore (Co-I) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, DC-8 - AFRC | CH4, CO2 | In situ
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Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument | ARGUS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | NASA ARC | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 3.3 µm; 4.7 µm | CH4 | |||||
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere | AVOCET | Joshua P. DiGangi (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Automatic Meteor Tracker with Imager and Slit Spectrograph | AIM-IT | George Varros (PI) | NASA | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Autonomous Modular Sensor | AMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | Altair, B200 - LARC, Caravan, ER-2 - AFRC, Ikhana, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 12 channels at 0.42-11.26 µm | 4 different configurations (see website for details). | ||||
Axial Cyclone Cloud-water Collector | AC3 | Ewan Crosbie (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | Ion Chromatography | Aqueous concentrations of bulk cloud-water species (e.g., Sulfate, Nitrate, sodium, Ca+2, TOC, pH) | In situ
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Balloon Borne Frost Point Hygrometer | Balloon FPH | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O, O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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Berkeley Nitrogen Oxides Detector | BNOD | Ronald C. Cohen (PI) | UC Berkeley | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, HNO3, CH3O3NO2 | In situ
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Broadband CO2 Lidar - 1.5 micron version | Nader Abuhassan (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | CO2 | In situ
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BroadBand Radiometers | BBR | Anthony Bucholtz (PI) | NPS | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar and IR radiative flux; Total, Direct, Diffuse Solar radiative flux | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards) (angles: 0,180)
| 1 Hz
| 200-3600 nm; 4500-42000 nm | Solar Broadband | |||
Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment | CARAFE | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | C-23 Sherpa - WFF | Laser absorption | CO2, CH4, H2O concentrations and fluxes | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Carbon Dioxide and Ozone Airborne in Situ Tracers | COAST | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer | CO2LAS | Gary Spiers (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
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Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission | COBALT | James Podolske (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption | CO | In situ
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Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames | COMA | Roy R. Johnson (Mgr) | NASA ARC | P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | CO, N2O, H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 | COLD 2 | Francesco D'Amato (PI) | CNRI | WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | CO and N2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | CAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | 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 | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | CIT-CIMS | Paul Wennberg (PI) | Cal Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | CIMS | HNO3, H2O2, CH3OOH, HCN, PAA, SO2, multifunctional VOC oxidation products. | In situ
| 10 Hz
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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | NOAA CIMS | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | H2O, HNO3, HCl | In situ
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Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | GT-CIMS | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | HNO3, SO2, HNO4, HCl, Br2, BrO, PAN | In situ
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Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer | Chi-WIS | Benjamin Clouser (Mgr) | U Chicago | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | H2O, HDO | ||||||||
Chlorine Nitrate Instrument | ClONO2 | David Wilmouth (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, ClO, ClONO2, BrO | In situ
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Cimel Sunphotometer | Cimel | Michal Segal Rozenhaimer (PI) | BAERI | |||||||||||
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer | CLH | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O (total) | In situ
| 0.8 Hz
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Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 | CLH2 | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-230 - NSF, DC-8- AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O (total) | In situ
| 45 Hz
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Cloud Absorption Radiometer | CAR | Charles Gatebe (PI) | NASA ARC | J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, Convair 580 NRC, Naval Research Lab (NRL) P-3 Orion, C-131A University of Washington | Radiometer | Solar flux, Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards, Cross-track scanning (angles: 190)
| 1.67 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Temperature, Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer - U Vienna | CAPS Vienna | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Cloud Droplet Probe | CDP | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, ER-2 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Particle concentration | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2-50 µm | water droplets, ice crystals | ||||
Cloud Imaging Probe | CIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 25-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud Integrating Nephelometer | CIN | Hermann Gerber (PI) | Gerber Scientific, Inc. | C-130H - WFF, Citation, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Asymmetry Parameter, Optical Extinction Coefficient, Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio | In situ
| 4-2500 µm | ||||||
Cloud Lidar System | CLS | James Spinhirne (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Lidar | Cloud Thickness | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||||
Cloud Particle Imager | CPI | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle phase, habit, Imagery | In situ
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Cloud Physics Lidar | CPL | John Yorks (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Aerosol, Optical Depth, Particle size distribution | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30 m
| 335 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | ||||
Cloud Radar System | CRS | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 115 m
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Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor | CSI | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor, Spectrometer (in situ) | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - DC8 | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-50 µm; 25-1550 µm | Aerosol particle and cloud hydrometeor size distributions | |||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer | CAPS - WB57 | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
| 0.5-1550 µm | ||||||
Cloud, Aerosol, and Refractive Index Experiment | CAPS-PIP | Bernadett Weinzierl (PI) | U Vienna | DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol, Particle size distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content | |||||||||
CN - Hawaii | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | U Hawaii | DC-8 - AFRC | CN counter | CCN | |||||||||
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer | CO2-WEBS | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | CARDS | Prasad Gogineni (PI) | U Kansas | P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder, Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment | CAFE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, C-23 Sherpa - WFF, HL5200 Hanseo University (NIER) | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Airborne NO2 Experiment | CANOE | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer | CAMS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Gulfstream V - NSF, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O, HCOOH | In situ
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Compact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment | COFFEE | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | CH2O | ||||||||||
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment | COFFEE(GSFC) | Jason M. St. Clair (PI) | NASA GSFC | Alpha Jet | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Compact Raman Lidar | CRL | Zhien Wang (PI) | CU Boulder | University of Wyoming King Air, NSF/NCAR C-130, WP-3D Orion - NOAA | Lidar | H2O, Temperature, Aerosol, and cloud profiles | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 5 Hz
| 0.6 m
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Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement | CPFM | C. Thomas McElroy (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer, Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 300-770 nm | |||||||
Condensation Nuclei Counter | CNC | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
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Condensation Nucleus Counters (CNCs) and Electrical Aerosol Sampler (EAS) | CNC/EAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | ER-2 - AFRC | ||||||||||
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer | CoSSIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 170.5 GHz; 177.3 GHz; 180.3 GHz; 182.3 GHz; 325 GHz; 684 GHz | 2 channels (V & H) | |||
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer | CoSMIR | Rachael Kroodsma (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning
| 50000 m (at 20 km)
| 50.3 GHz; 52.8 GHz; 89 GHz; 165.5 GHz; 183.3 GHz | H-pol only | |||
Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer | C-STAR | Anthony Guillory (Mgr) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 37 GHz; 85 GHz | |||||
Continuous Flow Diffusion Chambers | CFDC | Paul J. DeMott (PI) | Colo State | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Continuous Flow Streamwise Thermal Gradient CCN Counter | CFSTGC | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | Balloon, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | CN counter | CCN | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph | ASTRO | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Cosmic Dust Collectors | CDC | Michael Zolensky (PI) | NASA JSC | WB-57 - JSC | Cosmic Dust | |||||||||
Counterflow Virtual Impactor | CVI | Cynthia Twohy (PI) | NWRA | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Cryogenic Hygrometer | CRYO | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | H2O | In situ
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CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia | CSU-NH3 | Ilana B. Pollack (Co-I) | Colo State | NSF/NCAR C-130, University of Wyoming King Air, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | NH3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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CU Aircraft Extractive Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer | EESI-TOFMS | Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | C6H10O5, C6H5NO4 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | HR-AMS | Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130 - NSF, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Organic Aerosol, NH4, NO3, SO4, NR-Cl, Br-, Iodine, seasalt, MSA, ClO4, pRONO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer | DPOPS | John Dykema (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | particle number density, Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Delay-Doppler Phase-monopulse Radar | D2P | Keith Raney (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Altitude | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer | DFGAS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH2O | In situ
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Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement | DACOM | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CO, CH4, CO2 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Differential Absorption Lidar | DIAL | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth, O3 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 288 nm; 300 nm; 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | O3 | ||||
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe | DASH-SP | Armin Sorooshian (PI) | UA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Differential mobility, Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol | In situ
| 532 nm | ||||||
Digital Camera System | DCS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter - GRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Digital Mapping System | DMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25A Guardian - LaRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Diode Laser Hygrometer | DLH | Glenn S. Diskin (PI) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC, Sherpa - WFF, HU25 Falcon - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
| 100 Hz
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Direct beam Irradiance Airborne Spectrometer | DIAS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Aerosol, Optical Depth, O3 | Integrated slant column
| Solar tracking
| 280-650 nm | |||||
Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar | DAWN | Michael J. Kavaya (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Lidar | Line of Sight Wind Speed, Vector Wind Speed and Direction, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Conical scanning (angles: 30 deg nadir)
| 10 Hz
| 33 m
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Doppler Scatterometry | DopplerScatt | Dragana Perkovic-Martin (PI) | JPL | B200 (#801) - AFRC | Scatterometer | Doppler Velocity | ||||||||
Dropsondes - DC-8 | D8D | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | ||||||||
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer | DCALS | Alan Fried (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3OH, CH2O | In situ
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Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer | NOAA O3 Classic | Erik Richard (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon, WB-57 - JSC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar | PR-2 | Eastwood Im (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | Doppler radar backscatter | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 14 GHz; 35 GHz | |||||
Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | ESTAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | ||||||||
Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator | eMAS | Steve Platnick (Co-I) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 50 m (at 19.8 km)
| 38 channels at 0.4649-14.18 µm | ||
ER-2 Doppler Radar | EXRAD | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Radar | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| 1200 m (at 20 km)
| 9.72 GHz | ||||
ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde | EHAD | Jeffrey B. Halverson (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | In situ
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Fabry-Perot Interferometer | FPI | Jay R. Herman (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | O2, CO2 | Integrated vertical column
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Fast Cloud Droplet Probe | FCDP | Sarah Woods (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Global Hawk - AFRC, Learjet SPEC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Optical particle counter | Cloud Particle Number and Size Distributions | In situ
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Fast In-situ Stratospheric Hygrometer | FISH | Cornelius Schiller (PI) | FZ Jülich | WB-57 - JSC | H2O | In situ
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Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph | SLIT | Michael Winter (PI) | University of Kentucky | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Flight Modem | Alex Coleman (PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | |||||||||
FluidCam | Dr. Ved Chirayath (PI) | U Miami | ||||||||||||
Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | FCAS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe | FSSP | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 450 nm; 530 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | aerosol scattering and backscattering coefficients | |||||
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer | FTIR | Michael Coffey (PI) | NASA HQ | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer | HCl, ClONO2, N2O, NO, NO2, HNO3, HF, CH4, C2H6, H2O, CO2, CF2Cl2, O3 | Integrated vertical column
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking
| 10 Hz
| 6 channels at 2-15 µm | ||||
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Snow Thickness Radar | FMCW | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Snow Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2-8 GHz | |||||
Frost Point (NOAA) | FP | Andrew Rollins (Co-I) | NOAA CSL | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O | In situ
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FSSP-300 Aerosol Spectrometer | FPCAS | ER-2 - AFRC | Aerosol Scattering Ratio | |||||||||||
G-V Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer | SMPS | James Smith (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Differential mobility | Aerosol Size Distribution | In situ
| 3-500 nm | pressure-dependent | |||||
G2301-f | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, H2O | ||||||||||
G2301-m | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, H2O | ||||||||||
Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor/Langley Airborne A-Band Spectrometer | GAMS/LAABS | Michael Pitts (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Solar Occultation, Spectrometer (in situ) | Optical Depth | In situ
| 1024 channels at 430-1030 nm; 800 channels at 759-771 nm | solar spectrometer | |||||
GeoCAPE Airborne Spectrometer | GCAS | Scott Janz (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | NO2, CH2O | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 2 Hz
| 300-900 nm | Air Quality (AQ) 304:520 nm; Ocean Color (OC) 460:900 nm | |||
Georgia Tech Laser-Induced Fluorescence | GT-LIF | David Tan (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO, CH2O, NO2 | In situ
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Georgia Tech NO Instrument | GT-NO | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO | ||||||||
Geostationary Imaging Fabry-Perot Spectrometer | GIFS | Sam Yee (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Cloud Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Global Ice-sheet Mapping Orbiter | GISMO | Ken Jezek (PI) | Ohio State | P-3 Orion - WFF | Interferometer, Radar | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Goodrich Clear Air Turbulence Data Collection | Kris Deverasety (PI) | Goodrich Aerospace | DC-8 - AFRC | Turbulence | ||||||||||
GPS Flight Management System | GPFMS | William Krabill (Prev PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | ||||||||
GPS Remote Sensing Instrument | GPSRS | Michael Grant (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Soil Moisture | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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GRC Hyperspectral Imager | HSI3.1 | Roger Tokars (PI) | NASA GRC | Twin Otter - GRC | Camera | 400-900 nm | ||||||||
HAIS Fast-O3 | Fast-O3 | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Harvard Halogen Instrument | HAL | David Wilmouth (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | BrO, ClO, CIONO2 | In situ
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Harvard Herriott Hygrometer | HWV-HHH | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O | In situ
| 10 Hz
| 1393 nm | rovibrational transition of H2O | |||||
Harvard Hydroxyl Experiment | HOx | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence, Laser absorption | OH, HO2 | In situ
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Harvard Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy | ICOS | David Sayres (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Laser absorption | H2O | In situ
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Harvard Lyman-α Photofragment Fluorescence Hygrometer | HWV-LYA | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Harvard Total Water | HTW | Jessica B. Smith (PI) | Harvard | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O (total) | In situ
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Harvard Tracer Suite | HTS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2, CH4, N2O | In situ
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Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer | HUPCRS | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH4, CO2, CO | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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Hawaii Group for Environmental Aerosol Research | HIGEAR | Antony Clarke (Co-I) | U Hawaii | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CN counter, Differential mobility, Laser absorption, Optical particle counter, Photometer, Spectrometer | Particle Absorption, CCN, Particle Scattering, Aerosol Size Distribution, Black Carbon | ||||||||
Hawkeye | Hawkeye | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Global Hawk - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
| 10 µm; 50 µm | 2D-S channel 1 | |||||
HDVIS | HDVIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | |||||||||||
HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package | HARP | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF, ER-2 - AFRC | Radiometer | Actinic Flux, Irradiance | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 280-680 nm; 300-2400 nm | actinic flux | ||||
High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler | HIWRAP | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, Wind | Ground
| Conical scanning
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High Altitude Lidar Observatory | HALO | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8- AFRC, C-130- WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | water vapor profiles, methane columns and profiles, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | ||||||||
High Altitude Monolithic Microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer | HAMSR | Shannon Brown (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Sounder, Microwave Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 8 channels at 50-56 GHz; 10 channels at 113-119 GHz; 7 channels at 166-190 GHz | |||
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph | HFRS | Geoff McHarg (PI) | USAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
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High Resolution Interferometer Sounder | HIS | William L. Smith Sr. (PI) | UW Madison | ER-2 - AFRC | ||||||||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar | HSRL-1 | Chris Hostetler (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 532 nm; 1064 nm | aerosol backscatter, depolarization, and extinction | ||||
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 | HSRL-2 | Johnathan W. Hair (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Lidar | Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1 Hz
| 15 m
| 355 nm; 532 nm; 1064 nm | |||
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer | HVPS | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle size distribution | In situ
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High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer | Harvard CO2 | Steven C. Wofsy (PI) | Harvard | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 0.5 Hz
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HOx Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | HOxCIMS | Christopher A. Cantrell (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | OH, HO2, HO2+RO2 | In situ
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HR-732 Aerial Cameras | HR-732 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 3 m (at 19.8 km)
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Hurricane Imaging Radiometer | HIRAD | Daniel Cecil (PI) | NASA MSFC | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Wind, Rain Rate | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 22000 m (at 11 km)
| 1000 m (at 11 km)
| 4-7 GHz | |||
HyMap | HyMap | Terry Cocks (PI) | HyVista Corp | Cessna 402B, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 0.45-0.89 µm; 0.89-1.35 µm; 1.4-1.8 µm; 1.95-2.48 µm | VIS module | ||||
Hyperspectral Thermal Emissions Spectrometer | HyTES | Simon Hook (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter - GRC, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC | Spectrometer | Temperature | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 3590 m (at 4 km)
| 7 m (at 4 km)
| 7.5-12 µm | |||
In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde | ISAF | Glenn M. Wolfe (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WP-3D Orion - NOAA, C-130 - NSF, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Fluorescence | CH2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties | AMP | Charles Brock (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Size Distribution | In situ
| 1 Hz
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In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm | ISARA | Snorre Stamnes (PI) | NASA LaRC | Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | ||||||||||
In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties | AOP | Adam Ahern (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Extinction, Particle Absorption, Asymmetry Parameter, Black Carbon | In situ
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In-situ Net Flux within the Atmosphere of the Earth | INFLAME | Martin Mlynczak (PI) | NASA LaRC | Learjet 35 | Interferometer | Solar flux | In situ
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In-Situ Ozone | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Intensified All-sky Camera | ALLSKY | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards)
| 400-900 nm | |||||
Intensified Camera 1 | INT1 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified Camera 2 | INT2 | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 400-900 nm | ||||||
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph | NUV | Shinsuke Abe (PI) | Kobe University | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CCN | In situ
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Intensified High Frame Rate Imager | IHFRI | Hans Nielsen (PI) | UAF | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | In situ
| 500-900 nm | ||||||
IRIS II Panoramic Camera | IRIS II | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 40000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 2 m (at 19.8 km)
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Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer | IRIS | Hans-Jürg Jost (PI) | NASA ARC | M-55, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O isotopes | In situ
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J-31 Navigation Data System and Met Sensors | J-31 NavMet | Sebastian Schmidt (PI) | CU Boulder | J-31 | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature | ||||||||
J(NO2) Radiometer | John Barrick (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Solar flux | |||||||||
JPL Laser Hygrometer | JLH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm | |||||
JPL Mark IV Balloon Interferometer | MkIV | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | Balloon, DC-8 - AFRC | Interferometer | H2O, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, NO, NO2, HNO3, HNO4, N2O5, H2O2, ClONO2, HOCl, HCl, HF, COF2, CF4, SF6, CF2ClCFCl2, CHF2Cl, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CCl4, CH3Cl, C2H2, C2H6, OCS, HCN, N2, O2, CO2 | ||||||||
Ku-band Radar Altimeter | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, C-130H - WFF | Radar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| 13-17 GHz | |||||||
L-Band Interference Surveyor/Analyzer | LISA | Joel Johnson (PI) | Ohio State | P-3 Orion - WFF | Interference | In situ
| 1200-1700 MHz | |||||||
Land, Vegetation and Ice Sensor | LVIS | J. Bryan Blair (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC, C-130H - WFF, Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream V - NSF, B200 - Dynamic Aviation | Lidar | Vegetation, Vegetation structure, surface topography, ice and sea ice elevations, ocean surface topography | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2000 m (at 10 km)
| 20 m (at 10 km)
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Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | Langley HR-ToF-AMS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC, C-130H - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Mass Concentrations of Organics, Sulfate, Nitrate, Ammonium, Chloride | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment | LARGE | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC, King Air B-200 - LaRC, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | CN counter, Nephelometer, Optical particle counter | Aerosol Number Concentration, Aerosol Size Distribution, Scattering Coefficient, Absorption Coefficient | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 405 nm; 530 nm; 700 nm | |||||
Langley Cloud Probes | Langley In-situ Cloud | Richard Moore (Co-I) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, HU-25 Falcon - LaRC | Particle imager | Cloud Droplet Number and Size Distributions, Cloud Droplet Effective Radius and Variance, Precipitation Particle Number and Size Distribution, Cloud Liquid Water Content, Cloud Ice Water Content | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley In Situ Fast-Response Ozone Measurements | FASTOZ | Melody Avery (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | O3 | In situ
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Langley Single Particle Soot Photometer | Langley SP2 | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Laser absorption | Black carbon mass concentrations | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Langley Wideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor | Langley WIBS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF | Fluorescence | Biological aerosol number concentration, biological aerosol fraction | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Large Area Collectors | LAC | Michael Zolensky (PI) | NASA JSC | ER-2 - AFRC | Cosmic Dust | In situ
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Large Pixel Format CCD Camera | Franziska Harms (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | |||||||||
Laser Imaging Nephelometer | LI-Nephelometer | Adam Ahern (PI) | NOAA CSL | Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS, DC-8 - AFRC | Nephelometer | |||||||||
Laser Induced Fluorescence – Nitrogen Oxide | LIF-NO | Andrew Rollins (PI) | NOAA CSL | WB-57 - JSC | Fluorescence | NO | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Laser Induced Fluorescence – Sulfur Dioxide | LIF-SO2 | Andrew Rollins (PI) | NOAA CSL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Fluorescence | SO2 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Leica RC-30 metric camera | RC-30 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B200 - LARC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Leonardo Airborne Simulator | LAS | Si-Chee Tsay (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Lidar Atmosphere Sensing Experiment | LASE | Amin R. Nehrir (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 5 Hz
| 815-815 nm | ||||
Lightning Instrument Project | LIP | Monte Bateman (Mgr) | USRA | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Electric field, Lightning, Air Conductivity | In situ
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Lightweight Balloon Interferometer | LWBI | Geoffrey Toon (PI) | JPL | Balloon | Interferometer | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
| 3000 m
| 1.8-15.5 µm | |||||
Lyman Alpha-Hygrometer | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
MACRES Ground Receiving Station (MGRS) | MGRS | Valery Zavorotny (PI) | NOAA ESRL | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Marshall Airborne Polarimetric Imaging Radiometer | MAPIR | Chip Laymon (PI) | NASA MSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Other vertical scanning
| 2 channels at 1400-1427 MHz; 2 channels at 1350-1450 MHz | |||||
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere-Aircraft | MOPITT-A | James Drummond (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Sounder | CO, CH4 | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Over Northwestern North America | MACDONNA | Stephanie A. Vay (PI) | NASA LaRC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | CO2 | In situ
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Medusa Whole Air Sampler | Medusa | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | O2, CO2, N2, Argon, CO2 isotopes | In situ
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Meteorological Measurement System | MMS | T. Paul Bui (PI) | NASA ARC | Alpha Jet, Sierra UAV, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | 3D Wind, Turbulence, Temperature, Position, Velocities, Attitudes, True-Airspeed, Potential Temperature | In situ
| 20 Hz
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Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer | NOAA CH4 | Erik Richard (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH4 | In situ
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Microspectrometer | Jim Jungel (PI) | NASA WFF | P-3 Orion - WFF | |||||||||||
Microwave Temperature Profiler | MTP | Richard Denning (Mgr) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, L-188C, M-55, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Microwave Radiometer | Temperature | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
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Millimeter Imaging Radiometer | MIR | James R. Wang (Mgr) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 89 GHz; 150 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 183.3 GHz; 220 GHz | ||||||
mini-DOAS | mini-DOAS | Jochen Peter Stutz (PI) | UCLA | Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer | BrO, NO2, O4 | Integrated slant column
| Limb scanning (angles: +1, 0, -1, -1.5, -2, -2.5, -3, -4, 5, -15)
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Miniature Echelle Spectrograph | Echelle | Peter Jenniskens (PI) | SETI | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Brightness Temperature | In situ
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Miniature Video Imaging System | MVIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | ||||||||
MODIS Airborne Simulator | MAS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 6.25 Hz
| 36 m (at 20 km)
| 50 m (at 20 km)
| 9 channels at 445-970 nm; 16 channels at 1580-2400 nm; 16 channels at 3000-5450 nm; 9 channels at 8240-14550 nm | ||
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator | MASTER | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | B-200 - DOE - ARC, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Modular Aerial Sensing System | MASS | Luc Lenain (PI) | Scripps | Twin Otter International, Partenavia P68C (Aspen Helicopter), Gulfstream V - JSC | Lidar | Ocean surface and land topography, thermal imagery, hyperspectral imagery, visible imagery, point temperature | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 400000 Hz
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MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer | MATR | John Gille (Prev PI) | NCAR | Citation | Radiometer | CO, CH4 | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 4.6 µm; 2.27 µm | TIR CO band | ||||
Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar | MARLi | Zhien Wang (PI) | CU Boulder | NSF/NCAR C-130, University of Wyoming King Air, P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | H2O, Temperature, Aerosol, and cloud profiles | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 10 Hz
| 0.6 m
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Multi-functional Fiber Laser Lidar | MFLL | Jeremy Dobler (PI) | Exelis | B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC | Lidar | Altitude | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multi-kilohertz Microlaser Altimeter | MMLA | Phil Dabney (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Camera, Photometer | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Multi-sample Aerosol Collection System | MACS | James Wilson (PI) | U Denver | WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor | MACAWS | Jeffry Rothermel (PI) | NASA MSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Lidar | Wind, Aerosol Backscattering | Vertical profile
| Limb scanning
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Multichannel Coherent Radar Depth Sounder | MCoRDS | Carl Leuschen (PI) | U Kansas | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 20-60 MHz | |||||
Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO | ClO/BrO | James Anderson (PI) | Harvard | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | ClO, BrO | In situ
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Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe | MASP | Darrel Baumgardner (PI) | DMT | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration, Particle size distribution, Particle Extinction | In situ
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Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface | MOSES | Jeroen Molemaker (PI) | UCLA | B200 (#801) - AFRC | Camera | Sea Surface Temperature | Other
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards (angles: 10)
| 2 Hz
| 7.5-12 nm | ||||
Multispectral Atmospheric Mapping Sensor | MAMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | H2O (total), Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 37000 m (at 20 km)
| 100 m (at 20 km)
| 0.45-0.52 µm; 0.52-0.6 µm; 0.57-0.67 µm; 0.6-0.73 µm; 0.65-0.83 µm; 0.72-0.99 µm; 0.83-1.05 µm; 3.55-3.93 µm; 8.5-14 µm; 10.3-12.1 µm; 12.5-12.8 µm | |||
Multispectral Imaging, Detection and Active Reflectance | MiDAR | Dr. Ved Chirayath (PI) | U Miami | |||||||||||
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer | NAST-I | Anna Noe (Mgr) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Interferometer | Temperature, Relative Humidity | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 2300 m (at 1 km)
| 130 m (at 1 km)
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NCAR Airborne Oxygen Instrument | AO2 | Britton Stephens (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | O2, CO2 | In situ
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NCAR NO-NO2 | NO-NO2 | Andrew Weinheimer (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2 | In situ
| 10 Hz
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NCAR NOxyO3 | NOxyO3 | Andrew Weinheimer (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
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NDACC MLO FTIR | MLOFTIR | James W. Hannigan (PI) | NCAR | Interferometer | CO, CH4, ClONO2, HCOOH, C2H6, HCN, HCl, HF, HNO3, H2O, HDO, OCS, N2O, O3, CH2O | Vertical profile
| Solar tracking
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Nevzorov Liquid Water Content (LWC) and Total Water Content (TWC) Probe | Nevzorov | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content, H2O (total) | In situ
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Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer | AVIRIS-NG | Robert O. Green (PI) | JPL | ER-2 - AFRC, Twin Otter, Gulfstream III - LaRC, Gulfstream G-5 | Spectrometer | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 100 Hz
| 4000 m (at 8 km)
| 8 m (at 8 km)
| 380-2510 nm | ||
NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument | NO/NOy | Yutaka Kondo (PI) | U Tokyo | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy | In situ
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NOAA Iodide Ion Time-of-Flight Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | NOAA ToF CIMS | J. Andy Neuman (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC | CIMS | HCOOH, ClNO2, N2O5, BrO, Cl2, BrCN, BrCl, C2H4O3S | ||||||||
NOAA Lyman-Alpha Total Water Hygrometer | NOAA TW | Ken Kelly (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | H2O (total) | In situ
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NOAA Nitrogen Oxides and Ozone | NOyO3 | Thomas B Ryerson (PI) | Scientific Aviation | DC-8 - AFRC | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy, O3 | In situ
| 1 Hz
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NOAA NOy Instrument | NOAA NOy | Patrick Veres (PI) | NCAR | ER-2 - AFRC, Balloon | Chemiluminescence | NO, NO2, NOy | In situ
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NOAA Picarro | Kathryn McKain (Co-I) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, Alpha Jet | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4, CO | In situ
| 1.2 Hz
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NOAA Pressure and Temperature | NOAA PT | Tom Thompson (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC | Temperature, Pressure | In situ
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NOAA Water | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption | H2O, H2O (total) | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 2.7 µm | DFB laser to scan 2 H2O lines and CO2 line for additional diagnostic | |||||
Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector | NIRAD | Darin Toohey (PI) | CU Boulder | WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2 | In situ
| 10 Hz
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NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave | NAST-M | R. Vincent Leslie (PI) | NASA LaRC | ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
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Nuclei-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer | NMASS | Michael Reeves (Prev PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | CN counter | Particle size distribution, CCN | In situ
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O3 Photometer - UAS (NOAA) | UASO3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
| 2 Hz
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O3 Photometer (NOAA) | NOAA O3 | Troy Thornberry (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, Global Hawk - AFRC | Photometer | O3 | In situ
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OSCAR lab | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
OSCAR portable | Laura Iraci (PI) | NASA ARC | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO, CO2 | ||||||||||
Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment | PANTHER | James W. Elkins (Co-I) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Gas chromatography | (CH3)2CO, PAN, H2, CH4, CO, N2O, SF6, CFCl3, CF2Cl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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PAN CIMS Instrument by Georgia Tech and NCAR | PAN-CIGAR | L. Greg Huey (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | CIMS | PAN, PPN, PiBN, PnBN, PBzN, MoPAN, APAN, MPAN | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry | PALMS | Gregory Schill (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation | PALMS-NG | Daniel Cziczo (PI) | Purdue | ER-2 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle Composition, Aerosol | In situ
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Particle Into Liquid Sampler | PILS | Rodney Weber (PI) | GA Tech | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Ion Chromatography | Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca+2, Cl, NO2, NO3, SO4, PO4, Br-, WSOC | In situ
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Particles in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere | PUTLS | Luke D. Ziemba (PI) | NASA LaRC | WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter | Aerosol Number Concentration, Aerosol Size Distribution | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Passive Active L- and S-band Sensor | PALS | Sid Misra (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar, Scatterometer, Radiometer | Radar backscatter, Ocean Salinity, Soil Moisture | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 1.26 GHz; 1.413 GHz | scatterometer | ||||
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder | PARIS | Keith Raney (PI) | JHU APL | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radar | Topography | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer | PCIMS | Daniel O'Sullivan (PI) | USNA | Gulfstream V - NSF | CIMS | H2O2, CH3OOH | In situ
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PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones | PANAK | Hanwant Singh (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Gas chromatography | PPN, PAN, MEK, IPN, HCN, CH3OH, CH3NO3, CH3CN, CH3CHO, CH3CH2CHO, C2H5OH, C2H5NO3, C2Cl4, (CH3)2CO | In situ
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Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer | Picarro | Frank Flocke (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CO2, CH4 | In situ
| 5 Hz
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Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer | PolSCAT | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Radar, Scatterometer | Radar backscatter | Ground
| Conical scanning
| 13.95 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer | PSR | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning, Conical scanning, Limb scanning
| 10.7 GHz; 18.7 GHz; 37 GHz; 89 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band | PSR/CX | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 5.8-6.2 GHz; 6.3-6.7 GHz; 6.75-7.1 GHz; 7.15-7.5 GHz; 4 channels at 10.6-10.8 GHz | |||||
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead | PSR/A | Al Gasiewski (PI) | CU Boulder | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 nm; 18.7 nm; 37 nm | |||||
Polarization Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer | PM-GFCR | Glen Sachse (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | C2H6 | In situ
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Polarized Imaging Nephelometer | PI-Neph | J. Vanderlei Martins (PI) | UMBC | B200 - LARC, DC-8 - AFRC | Aerosol | In situ
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Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer | PRISM | David Thompson (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter International, Gulfstream III - LaRC, ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Radiance, Ocean Color, Chlorophyll-a | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 168 Hz
| 350-1050 nm | ||||
Precipitation Imaging Probe | PIP | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC | Particle imager, Spectrometer | Particle size distribution | ||||||||
Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler | PFP | Stephen (Steve) Montzka (PI) | NOAA ESRL | DC-8 - AFRC | Whole Air Sampling | N2O, SF6, H2, CS2, OCS, CO2, CH4, CO, CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs, Solvents, Methyl Halides, Hydrocarbons, Perfluorocarbons | In situ
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Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer | PTR-MS | Armin Wisthaler (PI) | UI | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Spectrometer (in situ) | CH3CHO, (CH3)2CO, CH3CN, C6H6, C4H4O, C5H8, CH3OH, MVK, C7H8, Particle Composition | In situ
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Pulse Height Analyzer | PHA | E.G. Stassinopoulos (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC | PICARD ARC | James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC | PICARD GSFC | Kerry G. Meyer (PI) | NASA GSFC | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer | Imagery | ||||||||
Quadropole Mass Spectrometer | QMS | Alan Brandy (PI) | Drexel Univ | P-3 Orion - WFF | ||||||||||
Quantum Cascade Laser System | QCLS | Bruce Daube (PI) | Harvard | NCAR G-V, NOAA P-3, DC-8 - AFRC | Laser absorption | CO2, CO, CH4, N2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave | QCM/SAW | Arthur Thorpe (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Counterflow virtual impactor | Aerosol | In situ
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Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active | RadSTAR-A | Peter Hillebrand (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Radiometric Measurement System | RAMS | Francisco Valero (PI) | Scripps | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Radiometer | Solar flux | In situ
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Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar | RASL | David Whiteman (PI) | NASA GSFC | B200 - LARC | Raman spectrometer | H2O, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Extinction, Temperature | In situ
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Rapid Ozone Experiment | ROZE | Reem A. Hannun (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC | O3 | In situ
| 10 Hz
| 265 nm | ||||||
RC-10 Mapping Cameras | RC-10 | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 30000 m (at 19.8 km)
| 8 m (at 19.8 km)
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Reactive Nitrogen | David Fahey (PI) | NOAA ESRL | ER-2 - AFRC | NO2, NO3, NOy, NO, N2O5, ClONO2 | ||||||||||
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux | REVEAL | Lawrence C. Freudinger (PI) | NASA AFRC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, WB-57 - JSC | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position | In situ
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Research Scanning Polarimeter | RSP | Brian Cairns (PI) | NASA GISS | ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130- WFF, King Air B-200 - LaRC, J-31 | Polarimeter | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Rosemount Icing Detector | RICE | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Cloud Liquid Water Content | In situ
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Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer | PHOT | Dick Spalding (PI) | Sandia Nat Lab | DC-8 - AFRC | Photometer, Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 380-600 nm; 600-900 nm | ||||||
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers | SAFS | Samuel R. Hall (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Solar flux | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
| 280-420 nm | |||||
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder | S-HIS | Joe Taylor (PI) | UW Madison | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus | Interferometer | Temperature, H2O | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 40000 m (at 20 km)
| 2000 m (at 20 km)
| 3.3-18 µm | |||
Sea Ice Thickness Penetrating Radar Instrument | SITPRI | Ben Holt (PI) | U Kansas | Radar | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 0.1-0.3 GHz; 0.8-1.2 GHz; 4-8 GHz | ice bottom surface | |||||
Sea Surface Wind Speed | GPS-R Winds | Jim Garrison (PI) | Purdue | B200 - LARC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Sounder | Wind | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Single Event Upset | SEU | Harold Huff (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA) | SP2 | Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz (PI) | NOAA CSL | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, GV - NCAR, Gulfstream III - LaRC | Photometer | Black Carbon, Aerosol | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Slope Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar | SIMPL | David Harding (PI) | NASA GSFC | Learjet 25, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC | Lidar | Sea Ice Surface Elevation, Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Small Ice Detector | SID | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle size distribution | In situ
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Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer | SSFR | Peter Pilewskie (Co-I) | CU Boulder | Altair, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, J-31, P-3 Orion - WFF, C-130H - WFF, Twin Otter - CIRPAS - NPS | Radiometer | Solar flux, Irradiance | Other
| Zenith (directly upwards), Nadir (directly downwards)
| 1 Hz
| 300-1000 nm; 950-2150 nm | ||||
Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols | SAGA | Jack Dibb (PI) | UNH | DC-8 - AFRC | Ion Chromatography | Na, NH4, K, Mg, Ca+2, Cl, Br-, NO3, SO4, C2O4-2, Be-7, Pb-210, HNO3 | In situ
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Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration - Airborne | SPEX Airborne | Otto Hasekamp (PI) | SRON | ER-2 - AFRC | Polarimeter | |||||||||
Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research | 4STAR | Meloe S. Kacenelenbogen (Co-I) | NASA ARC | 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 | Vertical profile
| Zenith (directly upwards), Upwards pointing but not directly upwards, Solar tracking (angles: The instrument can be pointed continuously around the full azimuth and over 270 degrees in elevation )
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SPP-100 | SPP | Paul Lawson (PI) | SPEC | WB-57 - JSC | Optical particle counter, Spectrometer (in situ) | Particle concentration | In situ
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Submillimeter Limb Sounder | SLS | Robert Stachnik (PI) | JPL | Balloon, ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | ClO, O3, HCl, HNO3, N2O | In situ
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Telescopic High Definition Television | THDTV | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
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Thematic Mapper Simulator | TMS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
| 15600 m (at 19.8 km)
| 25 m (at 19.8 km)
| 0.42-0.45 nm; 0.45-0.52 nm; 0.52-0.6 nm; 0.6-0.62 nm; 0.63-0.69 nm; 0.69-0.75 nm; 0.76-0.9 nm; 0.91-1.05 nm; 1.55-1.75 nm; 2.08-2.35 nm; 2 channels at 8.5-14 nm | |||
Thermal-Dissociation Laser Induced Fluorescence | TD-LIF | Ronald C. Cohen (PI) | UC Berkeley | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | NO2, ∑PNs, ∑ANs, HNO3 | In situ
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Thickness from Offbeam Returns | THOR | Bob Cahalan (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Lidar | Cloud Thickness | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Three-View Cloud Particle Imager | 3V-CPI | Jorgen Jensen (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Particle imager, Spectrometer (in situ) | Imagery | In situ
| 10-1280 µm | ||||||
Tissue Equivalent Particle Counter | TEPC | Donna Gallagher (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | |||||||||||
Trace Organic Gas Analyzer | TOGA | Eric Apel (PI) | NCAR | DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, C-130 - NSF | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ) | VOCs, alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, NMHC, Hydrocarbons, OVOCs, halogenates, alkyl nitriles, Alkyl Nitrates, sulfur-containing VOCs | In situ
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Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms | TOTCAP | Linnea Avallone (PI) | NSF | DC-8 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Laser absorption, Spectrometer (in situ) | O3, H2O, CO2 | In situ
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Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment | TWiLiTE | Bruce Gentry (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Lidar | Wind | Vertical profile
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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TSI 3563 Integrating Nephelometer | TSI Neph | Cessna 402B, Citation, DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Twin Otter - GRC, Twin Otter (DOE) | Particle Extinction | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 450 nm; 550 nm; 700 nm | 40 nm bandwidth | |||||||
Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System | TAMMS | Lee Thornhill (PI) | NASA LaRC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature, Pressure, H2O | In situ
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Two-Dimensional Electronically Scanning Thinned-Array Radiometer | 2D-STAR | David Levine (PI) | NASA GSFC | P-3 Orion - WFF | Radiometer | Soil Moisture, Ocean Salinity | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species | UCATS | Brad Hall (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Altair, Global Hawk - AFRC, DC-8 - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF, WB-57 - JSC, ER-2 - AFRC | Gas chromatography, Spectrometer (in situ), Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, SF6, CH4, CO, O3, H2, H2O, CHCl3, CCl4, CF2Cl2, CFCl3, CF2ClCFCl2, Halon-1211 | In situ
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Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer | UHSAS | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Global Hawk - AFRC, Gulfstream V - NSF | Spectrometer (in situ) | Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Concentration | In situ
| 0.075-1 µm | aerosols | |||||
UNH Mercury | UNHMERC | Robert Talbot (PI) | UNH | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence, Spectrometer (in situ) | Hg | In situ
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Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package | UAVAWSP | Lance Christensen (PI) | JPL | N2O, H2O isotopes, H2O, CO, CH4 | In situ
| 0.3 Hz
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Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar | UAVSAR | Yunling Lou (PI) | JPL | Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC, Gulfstream III - JSC | Radar | Imagery | Ground
| Cross-track scanning
| 20000 m (at 12 km)
| 6 m (at 12 km)
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Unmanned Aerial System Laser Hygrometer | ULH | Robert L. Herman (PI) | JPL | Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
| 1370 nm | ||||||
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument | POPS | Brian Heikes (PI) | URI | DC-8 - AFRC | Fluorescence | H2O2, CH3OOH, CH2O | In situ
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Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer | NIRSPEC | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Shock Emissions | In situ
| 0.96-1.67 µm | ||||||
Utah State University Airglow Study | AIRGLOW | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | USU | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera, Interferometer | Airglow, OH | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
| 1-1.65 µm | |||||
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument | VUV-CO | Teresa Campos (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | Fluorescence | CO | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar | VIPR | Ken Cooper (PI) | JPL | Twin Otter, P-3 Orion - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC | Radar | H2O Vapor | Integrated vertical column
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer | VCSEL | Mark A. Zondlo (PI) | Princeton | Gulfstream V - NSF | H2O | In situ
| 1 Hz
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Video Ice Particle Sampler | VIPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | NCAR | WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle Composition | In situ
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Video Imaging System | VIS | James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr) | USRA | ER-2 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
| 20 m (at 19.8 km)
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Video Uplink | Edward Schilling (PI) | NASA ARC | DC-8 - AFRC | Camera | Imagery | Ground
| Downwards pointing but not directly downwards
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Warm Ice Sounding Explorer | WISE | Yonggyu Gim (PI) | JPL | DC-3, Twin Otter - GRC | Sounder | Ice Sheet Thickness | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards)
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Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter | WCN | David Rogers (PI) | NCAR | Gulfstream V - NSF | CN counter | CCN, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.01-3 µm | aerosols | |||||
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment | WAVE | Marty Ross (PI) | Aerospace | WB-57 - JSC | Camera | Imagery | Other
| Upwards pointing but not directly upwards
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (UCI) | Donald R. Blake (PI) | UC Irvine | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons, Alkyl Nitrates, OCS, DMS, CS2 | In situ
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Whole Air Sampler | WAS (NCAR) | Elliot Atlas (PI) | U Miami | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons | In situ
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Wind Radiometer | WINDRAD | Steven J Dinardo (PI) | JPL | DC-8 - AFRC | Microwave Radiometer | Brightness Temperature | In situ
| 17 GHz; 19 GHz; 37 GHz | ||||||
Wing Tip Air Particulate Sampler | APS | Anthony Strawa (PI) | NASA ARC | ER-2 - AFRC | SO4, Black Carbon | In situ
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X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer | LRR-X | Eric Smith (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Radiometer | Particle size distribution, Rain Rate | Ground
| Nadir (directly downwards), Cross-track scanning
| 10.7 GHz |