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 141 - 146 of 146.
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Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
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Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer | NIRSPEC | Michael J. Taylor (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | Shock Emissions |
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument | VUV-CO | Teresa Campos (PI) | Gulfstream V - NSF | Fluorescence | CO |
Video Ice Particle Sampler | VIPS | Andrew Heymsfield (PI) | WB-57 - JSC | Particle imager | Particle Composition |
Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter | WCN | David Rogers (PI) | Gulfstream V - NSF | CN counter | CCN, Temperature, Pressure |
Whole Air Sampler | WAS (UCI) | Donald R. Blake (PI) | DC-8 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons, Alkyl Nitrates, OCS, DMS, CS2 |
Whole Air Sampler | WAS (NCAR) | Elliot Atlas (PI) | C-130H - WFF, DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC | Whole Air Sampling | NMHCs, Halocarbons |