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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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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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 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 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 | ||||
Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Balloonsondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | H2O, O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 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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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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Dropsondes - DC-8 | D8D | Gerald Heymsfield (PI) | NASA GSFC | DC-8 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | ||||||||
ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde | EHAD | Jeffrey B. Halverson (PI) | UMBC | ER-2 - AFRC | Dropsonde | Temperature | In situ
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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 | |||
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 | |||
J-31 Navigation Data System and Met Sensors | J-31 NavMet | Sebastian Schmidt (PI) | CU Boulder | J-31 | Navigation recorder | Aircraft position, Temperature | ||||||||
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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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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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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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 | |||
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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NOAA Pressure and Temperature | NOAA PT | Tom Thompson (PI) | NOAA ESRL | WB-57 - JSC | Temperature, Pressure | In situ
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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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Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Ozonesondes (NOAA) | Dale Hurst (PI) | NOAA ESRL | Balloon | O3, Temperature, Pressure | In situ
| 0.1 Hz
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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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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 | |||
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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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 |