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 1 - 20 of 60.

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
Airborne Laser Isotope Spectrometer	ALIS	Lance Christensen (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	H2O; CO2 isotopes; CO2
Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer	ATLAS	Max Loewenstein (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	N2O; CH4; CO; O3
Aircraft Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer	ALIAS	Lance Christensen (PI)	Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4; CO2 isotopes; HCl
Alpha Jet Ozone Instrument		Laura Iraci (PI)	Alpha Jet	Spectrometer (in situ)	O3
Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument	ARGUS	Max Loewenstein (PI)	Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	CO; CH4; N2O
Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere	AVOCET	Joshua P. DiGangi (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2
Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer	CO2LAS	Gary Spiers (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; Twin Otter - GRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2
Charged-coupled device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers	CAFS	Samuel R. Hall (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Gulfstream III - LaRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Spectrally resolved actinic flux and photolysis frequencies typically calculated for the following species: O3; NO2; NO3; CH2O; HONO; HNO3; N2O5; HNO4; PAN; H2O2; CH3OOH; CH3ONO2; CH3CH2ONO2; CH3CHO; CH3CH2CHO; CHOCHO; CH3COCHO; 2; 3-Butanedione; Methacrolein; MVK; (CH3)2CO; MEK; Br2; BrO; BrNO; BrNO2; BrONO; BrONO2; BrCl; HOBr; CHBr3; Cl2; ClO; ClNO2; ClONO; ClONO2
Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2	CLH2	Darin Toohey (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF; C-230 - NSF; DC-8- AFRC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	H2O (total)
Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer	CAPS	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Temperature; Pressure; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud Spectrometer and Impactor	CSI	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Counterflow virtual impactor; Spectrometer (in situ)	Cloud Liquid Water Content; H2O (total)
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer	CAPS - DC8	Andrew Heymsfield (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer	CAPS - WB57	Darrel Baumgardner (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol; Particle size distribution; Cloud Liquid Water Content
CO2 Weather Balloon Spectrometer	CO2-WEBS	Lance Christensen (PI)	Balloon	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2
Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer	CAMS	Alan Fried (Co-I)	Gulfstream V - NSF; DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CH2O; HCOOH
Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement	CPFM	C. Thomas McElroy (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Radiometer; Spectrometer (in situ)	Solar flux
Cooled CCD Slit-less Spectrograph	ASTRO	Peter Jenniskens (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Brightness Temperature
CSU QC-TILDAS Ammonia	CSU-NH3	Ilana B. Pollack (Co-I)	NSF/NCAR C-130; University of Wyoming King Air; DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	NH3
CU Aircraft Extractive Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer	EESI-TOFMS	Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	C6H10O5; C6H5NO4
CU Aircraft High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer	HR-AMS	Jose-Luis Jimenez (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; C-130 - NSF; Gulfstream III - LaRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Organic Aerosol; NH4; NO3; SO4; NR-Cl; Br-; Iodine; seasalt; MSA; ClO4; pRONO2