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 61 - 80 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer PSR
Al Gasiewski
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Proteus; WB-57 - JSC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer PRISM
David Thompson
(PI) 		Twin Otter International; Gulfstream III - LaRC; ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Radiance; Ocean Color; Chlorophyll-a
Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar PR-2
Eastwood Im
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radar Doppler radar backscatter
Applanix POS System POS AV
Lee Thornhill
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; Caravan; Cessna 402B; DC-8 - AFRC; J-31; WB-57 - JSC Navigation recorder Aircraft position
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument POPS
Brian Heikes
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O2; CH3OOH; CH2O
Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer PolSCAT
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter - GRC; Twin Otter - GRC Radar; Scatterometer Radar backscatter
Polarization Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometer PM-GFCR
Glen Sachse
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radiometer C2H6
Precipitation Imaging Probe PIP
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager; Spectrometer Particle size distribution
Particle Into Liquid Sampler PILS
Rodney Weber
(PI) 		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
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer Picarro
Frank Flocke
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Spectrometer (in situ) CO2; CH4
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC PICARD GSFC
Kerry G. Meyer
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC PICARD ARC
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC Spectrometer Imagery
Polarized Imaging Nephelometer PI-Neph
J. Vanderlei Martins
(PI) 		B200 - LARC; DC-8 - AFRC Aerosol
Sandia National Laboratory 2-channel Radiometer PHOT
Dick Spalding
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Photometer; Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Pulse Height Analyzer PHA
E.G. Stassinopoulos
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC
Programmable Flask Package Whole Air Sampler PFP
Stephen (Steve) Montzka
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Whole Air Sampling N2O; SF6; H2; CS2; OCS; CO2; CH4; CO; CFCs; HCFCs; HFCs; Solvents; Methyl Halides; Hydrocarbons; Perfluorocarbons
Peroxide Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer PCIMS
Daniel O'Sullivan
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF CIMS H2O2; CH3OOH
Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder PARIS
Keith Raney
(PI) 		P-3 Orion - WFF Radar Topography
PAN and Trace Hydrohalocarbon ExpeRiment PANTHER
James W. Elkins
(Co-I) 		DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Gas chromatography (CH3)2CO; PAN; H2; CH4; CO; N2O; SF6; CFCl3; CF2Cl2; Halon-1211
PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones PANAK
Hanwant Singh
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Gas chromatography PPN; PAN; MEK; IPN; HCN; CH3OH; CH3NO3; CH3CN; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; C2H5OH; C2H5NO3; C2Cl4; (CH3)2CO