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 - 25 of 25.Title | Acronym | Contact Person | Aircraft | Type | Measurements |
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Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer | ATLAS | Max Loewenstein (PI) | ER-2 - AFRC | Spectrometer (in situ) | N2O, CH4, CO, O3 |
Airborne Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder | A-SMLS | Nathaniel Livesey (PI) | WB-57 - JSC (no longer fits), ER-2 - AFRC | Limb Sounder | H2O, O3, CO, primary, also: HNO3, CH2O, N2O, HCN, CH3CN, CH3OH, SO2, HDO, H2O2, NO2, CH3Cl, (CH3)2CO, depending on instrument tuning and atmospheric loading. |
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 2-Channel Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer | ALIAS-II | Lance Christensen (PI) | Balloon | Spectrometer | N2O, CH4, CO, HCl, NO2 |
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 |