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Spectrometer for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (4STAR)
4STAR is a spectrometer designed to fly on the P-3 Orion, C-130H, Convair 580 NRC, Gulfstream G-1, and DC-8, measuring NO2, O3, H2O, Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Extinction Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo, Aerosol Asymmetry Parameter, Aerosol Scattering phase function, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Complex Refractive Index, Cloud Optical Depth, Cloud droplet effective radius, Cloud Thermodynamic Phase, and Cloud Liquid Water Content.
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Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR)
CAR is a radiometer designed to fly on the J-31, P-3 Orion, Convair 580 NRC, and C-131A, measuring solar flux and imagery.
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Carbon monOxide Measurement from Ames (COMA)
COMA is a laser absorption instrument designed to fly on the P-3 Orion and WB-57, measuring CO, N2O, and H2O.
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Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS)
eMAS is a multispectral VNIR/SWIR/LWIR imager flying on the ER-2 to acquire 50-meter spatial resolution imagery in 38 spectral bands of cloud and surface features.
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MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER)
MASTER is a multispectral VNIR/SWIR/LWIR imager flying on the B-200, DC-8, ER-2, WB-57, and P-3 Orion to study geologic and other Earth surface properties.
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Meteorological Measurement System (MMS)
MMS is designed to measure 3D Wind, Turbulence, Temperature, Position, Velocities, Attitudes, True-Airspeed, and Potential Temperature on the Alpha Jet, Sierra UAV, DC-8, ER-2, Global Hawk, and WB-57.
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Pushbroom Imager for Cloud and Aerosol Research and Development (PICARD)
PICARD is an instrument intended to fly on the ER-2 to simulate existing satellite imager products (MODIS/VIIRS,) and to validate radiances and geophysical retrievals, with an emphasis on cloud and aerosol science.
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Rapid Ozone Experiment (ROZE)
ROZE is an in-situ instrument designed to fly on the DC-8 and ER-2, measuring O3.
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