Airborne Science Instrument Database

The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.

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Currently displayed: instruments 41 - 60 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols SAGA
Jack Dibb
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Ion Chromatography Na; NH4; K; Mg; Ca+2; Cl; Br-; NO3; SO4; C2O4-2; Be-7; Pb-210; HNO3
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers SAFS
Samuel R. Hall
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Spectrometer (in situ) Solar flux
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder S-HIS
Joe Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Proteus Interferometer Temperature; H2O
Research Scanning Polarimeter RSP
Brian Cairns
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31 Polarimeter Imagery
Rapid Ozone Experiment ROZE
Reem A. Hannun
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC O3
Aerosol and Cloud Lidar ROSCOE
Edward P. Nowottnick
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Lidar Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Rosemount Icing Detector RICE
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Cloud Liquid Water Content
Research Environment for Vehicle-Embedded Analysis on Linux REVEAL
Lawrence C. Freudinger
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Navigation recorder Aircraft position
Leica RC-30 metric camera RC-30
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
RC-10 Mapping Cameras RC-10
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Raman Airborne Spectroscopic Lidar RASL
David Whiteman
(PI) 		B200 - LARC Raman spectrometer H2O; Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio; Aerosol Extinction; Temperature
Radiometric Measurement System RAMS
Francisco Valero
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Solar flux
Radar Synthetic Aperture Thinned Array Radiometer - Active RadSTAR-A
Peter Hillebrand
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer Soil Moisture
Quadropole Mass Spectrometer QMS
Alan Brandy
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF
Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Surface Acoustic Wave QCM/SAW
Arthur Thorpe
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Counterflow virtual impactor Aerosol
Quantum Cascade Laser System QCLS
Bruce Daube
(PI) 		NCAR G-V; NOAA P-3; DC-8 - AFRC Laser absorption CO2; CO; CH4; N2O
Particles in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere PUTLS
Luke D. Ziemba
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Aerosol Number Concentration; Aerosol Size Distribution
Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer PTR-MS
Armin Wisthaler
(PI) 		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
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band PSR/CX
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature; Soil Moisture; Sea Ice Surface Elevation
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead PSR/A
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature