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 21 - 40 of 60.

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer	DPOPS	John Dykema (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	particle number density; Particle size distribution
Difference Frequency Generation Absorption Spectrometer	DFGAS	Alan Fried (Co-I)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Spectrometer (in situ)	CH2O
Differential Absorption Carbon monOxide Measurement	DACOM	Glenn S. Diskin (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	N2O; CO; CH4; CO2
Differential Aerosol Sizing and Hygroscopicity Spectrometer Probe	DASH-SP	Armin Sorooshian (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Differential mobility; Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol
Dual Channel Airborne tunable diode Laser Spectrometer	DCALS	Alan Fried (Co-I)	DC-8 - AFRC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	CH3OH; CH2O
Fibre-optic Fed Slit-Spectrograph	SLIT	Michael Winter (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Brightness Temperature
G2301-f		Laura Iraci (PI)		Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2; CH4; H2O
G2301-m		Laura Iraci (PI)		Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2; CH4; H2O
Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor/Langley Airborne A-Band Spectrometer	GAMS/LAABS	Michael Pitts (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Solar Occultation; Spectrometer (in situ)	Optical Depth
Harvard Tracer Suite	HTS	Bruce Daube (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	CO; CO2; CH4; N2O
Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer	HUPCRS	Steven C. Wofsy (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CH4; CO2; CO
High Frame Rate Slit-less Spectrograph	HFRS	Geoff McHarg (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Camera; Spectrometer (in situ)	Imagery
High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer	HVPS	Paul Lawson (PI)	Citation; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF; WB-57 - JSC	Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle size distribution
High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer	Harvard CO2	Steven C. Wofsy (PI)	Balloon; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2
In Situ Measurements of Aerosol Microphysical Properties	AMP	Charles Brock (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream G-5	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol Size Distribution
In-Situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties	AOP	Adam Ahern (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Black Carbon
Intensified High Definition TV Near-UV Spectrograph	NUV	Shinsuke Abe (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CCN
Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometer	IRIS	Hans-Jürg Jost (PI)	M-55; WB-57 - JSC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	H2O isotopes
JPL Laser Hygrometer	JLH	Robert L. Herman (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	H2O
Langley Aerosol Mass Spectrometer	Langley HR-ToF-AMS	Luke D. Ziemba (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; HU-25 Falcon - LaRC; C-130H - WFF	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol Mass Concentrations of Organics; Sulfate; Nitrate; Ammonium; Chloride