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.

To search the database, use any of the following filters to limit the displayed results. To scroll through the results, use the links at the bottom of the page. Clicking on any instrument name will take you to a page providing full information on that instrument.

Currently displayed: instruments 21 - 38 of 38.

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
Large Pixel Format CCD Camera		Franziska Harms (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
Leica RC-30 metric camera	RC-30	James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)	B200 - LARC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Camera	Imagery
Leonardo Airborne Simulator	LAS	Si-Chee Tsay (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer	Imagery
Miniature Video Imaging System	MVIS	David Van Gilst (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
MODIS Airborne Simulator	MAS	James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer	Imagery
MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator	MASTER	James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)	B-200 - DOE - ARC; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Spectrometer	Imagery
Next-Generation Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer	AVIRIS-NG	Robert O. Green (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; Twin Otter; Gulfstream III - LaRC; Gulfstream G-5	Spectrometer	Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - ARC	PICARD ARC	James D. Jacobson Jr. (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer	Imagery
Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development - GSFC	PICARD GSFC	Kerry G. Meyer (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC	Spectrometer	Imagery
RC-10 Mapping Cameras	RC-10	James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)	ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Camera	Imagery
Research Scanning Polarimeter	RSP	Brian Cairns (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C-130- WFF; King Air B-200 - LaRC; J-31	Polarimeter	Imagery
Telescopic High Definition Television	THDTV	Edward Schilling (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
Thematic Mapper Simulator	TMS	James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)	ER-2 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
Three-View Cloud Particle Imager	3V-CPI	Jorgen Jensen (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF	Particle imager; Spectrometer (in situ)	Imagery
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar	UAVSAR	Yunling Lou (PI)	Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC; Gulfstream III - JSC	Radar	Imagery
Video Imaging System	VIS	James D. Jacobson Jr. (Mgr)	ER-2 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
Video Uplink		Edward Schilling (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Camera	Imagery
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment	WAVE	Marty Ross (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Camera	Imagery