Airborne Science Instrument Database

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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 - 7 of 7.

Type

Title	Acronym	Contact Person	Aircraft	Type	Measurements
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer	AVIRIS-Classic	Robert O. Green (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, Twin Otter, WB-57 - JSC	Spectrometer	Imagery
National Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer	NAST-I	Anna Noe (Mgr)	ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC	Interferometer	Temperature, Relative Humidity
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed - Microwave	NAST-M	R. Vincent Leslie (PI)	ER-2 - AFRC, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC	Radiometer	Temperature, H2O
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer	PSR	Al Gasiewski (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC	Radiometer	Brightness Temperature
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - C/X Band	PSR/CX	Al Gasiewski (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC	Radiometer	Brightness Temperature, Soil Moisture, Sea Ice Surface Elevation
Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer - Original Scanhead	PSR/A	Al Gasiewski (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, Proteus, WB-57 - JSC	Radiometer	Brightness Temperature
Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder	S-HIS	Joe Taylor (PI)	DC-8 - AFRC, ER-2 - AFRC, Global Hawk - AFRC, WB-57 - JSC, Proteus	Interferometer	Temperature, H2O