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 41 - 60 of 60.

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
Methane Near IR Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectrometer	NOAA CH4	Erik Richard (PI)	WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CH4
Miniature Echelle Spectrograph	Echelle	Peter Jenniskens (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Brightness Temperature
Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe	MASP	Darrel Baumgardner (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle concentration; Particle size distribution; Particle Extinction
NOAA Picarro		Kathryn McKain (Co-I)	DC-8 - AFRC; Alpha Jet	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2; CH4; CO
Non-dispersed Infrared Airborne CO2 Detector	NIRAD	Darin Toohey (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2
OSCAR lab		Laura Iraci (PI)		Spectrometer (in situ)	CO; CO2
OSCAR portable		Laura Iraci (PI)		Spectrometer (in situ)	CO; CO2
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry	PALMS	Gregory Schill (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle Composition; Aerosol
Particle Analysis By Laser Mass Spectrometry- Next Generation	PALMS-NG	Daniel Cziczo (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle Composition; Aerosol
Picarro G1301-c Methane/Carbon Dioxide Analyzer	Picarro	Frank Flocke (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF	Spectrometer (in situ)	CO2; CH4
Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer	PTR-MS	Armin Wisthaler (PI)	C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Spectrometer (in situ)	CH3CHO; (CH3)2CO; CH3CN; C6H6; C4H4O; C5H8; CH3OH; MVK; C7H8; Particle Composition
Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers	SAFS	Samuel R. Hall (PI)	C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Solar flux
SPP-100	SPP	Paul Lawson (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Optical particle counter; Spectrometer (in situ)	Particle concentration
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager	3V-CPI	Jorgen Jensen (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF	Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ)	Imagery
Trace Organic Gas Analyzer	TOGA	Eric Apel (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; C-130 - NSF	Gas chromatography; Spectrometer (in situ)	VOCs; alkanes; alkenes; aromatics; NMHC; Hydrocarbons; OVOCs; halogenates; alkyl nitriles; Alkyl Nitrates; sulfur-containing VOCs
Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms	TOTCAP	Linnea Avallone (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Laser absorption; Spectrometer (in situ)	O3; H2O; CO2
UAS Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species	UCATS	Brad Hall (PI)	Altair; Global Hawk - AFRC; DC-8 - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF; WB-57 - JSC; ER-2 - AFRC	Gas chromatography; Spectrometer (in situ); Spectrometer (in situ)	N2O; SF6; CH4; CO; O3; H2; H2O; CHCl3; CCl4; CF2Cl2; CFCl3; CF2ClCFCl2; Halon-1211
Ultra High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer	UHSAS	David Rogers (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC; Gulfstream V - NSF	Spectrometer (in situ)	Aerosol Size Distribution; Aerosol Concentration
UNH Mercury	UNHMERC	Robert Talbot (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Fluorescence; Spectrometer (in situ)	Hg
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer	NIRSPEC	Michael J. Taylor (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Spectrometer (in situ)	Shock Emissions