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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 1 - 20 of 356. Title or Acronym PI / Manager Aircraft Type - Any -In-situ-Chemiluminescence-CIMS-CN counter-Counterflow virtual impactor-Differential mobility-Fluorescence-Gas chromatography-Ion Chromatography-Laser absorption-Nephelometer-Optical particle counter-Particle imager-Spectrometer (in situ)-Whole Air SamplingRemote - Active-Lidar-Radar-ScatterometerRemote - Passive-Camera-Interferometer-Limb Sounder-Microwave Radiometer-Photometer-Polarimeter-Radiometer-Raman spectrometer-Solar Occultation-SpectrometerOther-Dropsonde-Navigation recorder-Sounder Measurements

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
14-channel NASA Ames Airborne Tracking Sunphotometer	AATS-14	Stephen Broccardo (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; J-31; P-3 Orion - WFF; Convair 580 NRC; Twin Otter International; C130H - WFF	Photometer	Aerosol; H2O; O3; Optical Depth; NO2
2 Channel Selected Ion Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer	SI/CIMS-2	Fred Eisele (PI)	C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF	CIMS	OH; H2SO4; CH4SO3; DMSO; NH3; Aerosol
2D-S Stereo Probe	2DS	Sarah Woods (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC; Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Learjet SPEC; Alpha Jet	Particle imager	Particle size distribution; Particle concentration; Particle Extinction
2DC Hydrometeor Imaging Probe	2DC	David Rogers (PI)	Gulfstream V - NSF	Particle imager	Particle size distribution; Particle concentration
Accumulation Radar	Carl Leuschen (PI)	P-3 Orion - WFF	Radar	Snow Thickness; Ice Sheet Thickness
Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer	AMPR	Timothy Lang (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF	Microwave Radiometer	Brightness Temperature
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System	AVAPS	Gary Wick (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC	Dropsonde	Pressure; Temperature; Humidity; Wind
Advanced Whole Air Sampler	AWAS	Elliot Atlas (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC	Whole Air Sampling	CFCs; HFCs; HCFCs; Halons; Solvents; VSLS; NMHCs; Organic Nitrates; CO; CH4; N2O
Aerosol and Cloud Lidar	ROSCOE	Edward P. Nowottnick (PI)	WB-57 - JSC	Lidar	Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Aerosol Lidar	William Grant (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Lidar	Aerosol Scattering Ratio; Aerosol Backscattering; Aerosol Depolarization Ratio
Aerosol Optical Properties	AERO3X	Anthony Strawa (PI)	P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC	Optical particle counter	Black Carbon; NO2; Particle Scattering; Aerosol Extinction; Particle Absorption; Asymmetry Parameter; Single Scattering Albedo; Aerosol Backscattering
Aerosol/Cloud Particle Impactor/Replicator	ACIR	Rudolf Pueschel (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	CCN; Black Carbon; SO4
Airborne 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer	ALIAS-II	Lance Christensen (PI)	Balloon	Spectrometer	N2O; CH4; CO; HCl; NO2
Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species	ACATS	James W. Elkins (Co-I)	ER-2 - AFRC; Citation	Gas chromatography	CFCl3; CF2Cl2; CF2ClCFCl2; CH3CCl3; CCl4; Halon-1211; CHCl3; CH4; H2; N2O; SF6
Airborne Cloud Radar	ACR	Steven J Dinardo (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; Twin Otter (DOE)	Radar	Radar Reflectivity
Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements	ACLAIM	Edward Teets (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC	Lidar
Airborne Detector for Energetic Lightning Emissions	ADELE	David Smith (PI)	Global Hawk - AFRC	Gamma-Rays; Relativistic Electrons
Airborne Earth Science Microwave Imaging Radiometer	AESMIR	Edward Kim (PI)	C-130H - WFF; P-3 Orion - WFF	Radiometer	Imagery; Snow Thickness; Sea Ice Surface Elevation; H2O; Temperature
Airborne Emission Spectrometer	AES	Helen Worden (Co-I)	DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF; C130	Interferometer	O3; CO; H2O; CO2; CH4; NH3; etc.
Airborne Expendable Conductivity Temperature Depth Probe	AXCTD	Dan S. Jacob (PI)	P-3 Orion - WFF	Dropsonde	Ocean Salinity; Temperature

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