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 101 - 120 of 356.
Title Acronym Sort descending Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
Cloud Integrating Nephelometer CIN (PI) C-130H - WFF; Citation; Twin Otter - GRC; WB-57 - JSC Optical particle counter Asymmetry Parameter; Optical Extinction Coefficient; Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio
Cloud Imaging Probe CIP (PI) DC-8 - AFRC Particle imager Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer CIT-CIMS (PI) C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC CIMS HNO3; H2O2; CH3OOH; HCN; PAA; SO2; multifunctional VOC oxidation products.
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer CLH (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption H2O (total)
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 CLH2 (PI) Gulfstream V - NSF; C-230 - NSF; DC-8- AFRC Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ) H2O (total)
Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO ClO/BrO (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence ClO; BrO
Chlorine Nitrate Instrument ClONO2 (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Fluorescence NO2; ClO; ClONO2; BrO
Cloud Lidar System CLS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC Lidar Cloud Thickness
Condensation Nuclei Counter CNC (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC CN counter CCN
Condensation Nucleus Counters (CNCs) and Electrical Aerosol Sampler (EAS) CNC/EAS (PI) ER-2 - AFRC
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer CO2-WEBS (PI) Balloon Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer CO2LAS (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC Spectrometer (in situ) CO2
Carbon Dioxide and Ozone Airborne in Situ Tracers COAST (PI) P-3 Orion - WFF
Carbon Monoxide By Attenuation of Laser Transmission COBALT (PI) DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Laser absorption CO
Compact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE (PI) CH2O
COmpact Formaldehyde FluorescencE Experiment COFFEE(GSFC) (PI) Alpha Jet; Ground site Fluorescence CH2O
Carbon Oxide Laser Detector 2 COLD 2 (PI) WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO and N2O
Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames COMA (Mgr) P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC Laser absorption CO; N2O; H2O
Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer CoSMIR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer CoSSIR (PI) ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature