All Instrumentation
EOL's airborne instruments are available to deploy on either the NSF NCAR GV or C-130, and in many cases, they can fly on either aircraft. A checkmark (✓) in the NSF NCAR Aircraft column indicates on which aircraft the instruments can fly.
| Standard Instrumentation - Provided on all projects | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| Static Pressure | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic Pressure | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cabin Pressure | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ambient Temperature | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chilled Mirror Dew Point Temperature | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aircraft Position, Altitude, Ground Relative Speeds, Accelerations and Attitude Angles (IRU) | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPS w/ TerraStar C accuracy | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3-Dimensional Wind Fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| Icing Rate (presence of supercooled liquid water) | ✓ | |
| King Probe Cloud Liquid Water Content | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote (infrared) Surface Temperature | ✓ | |
| Gas Dump Manifold Pressures | ✓ | |
| Forward Digital Video (GV - only with pylons installed) | ✓ | ✓ |
| SATCOM | ✓ | ✓ |
| XCHAT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time Data Transfer to Ground | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time Display incl. maps, video, time series etc. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Digital Video (forward, down, side) with optional date/time stamp | ✓ | ✓ |
| State Parameters and Wind Measurements [EOL] | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| Heated Ambient Temperature Sensor | ✓ | ✓ |
| High Rate Ambient Temperature Sensor | ✓ | ✓ |
| Chilled Mirror Dew Point Temperature | ✓ | ✓ |
| Buck Instruments Model CR-2 Cryogenic Hygrometer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ultraviolet Absorption Hygrometer | ✓ | |
| Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) Hygrometer | ✓ | ✓ |
| All-Weather Wind Gust Pod (anti-iced) | ✓ | |
| Ambient Static Pressure | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3-Dimensional Wind Fields | ✓ | ✓ |
Instruments by Request
| In Situ Vertical Profiling [EOL] | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| AVAPS® Dropsonde System | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud Measurements [EOL] | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| Cloud Droplet Probe (CDP) (2 – 50 μm range), water droplets, ice crystals | ✓ | ✓ |
| OAP 2DS Cloud Probe (2D-S stereo probe, 10 µm resolution, 128 bins), ice, water | ✓ | ✓ |
| OAP HVPS-3 Precipitation Probe (150 µm resolution, 128 bins) | ✓ | ✓ |
| HOLODEC-II Cloud Particle Imager | ✓ | ✓ |
| King Probe Cloud Liquid Water Content | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rosemount Icing Detector (RICE) (presence of supercooled liquid water) | ✓ | ✓ |
| OAP 2D-C 25 µm (2-D imaging spectrometer), 50 – 1600 µm, ice, water | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIAPER Cloud Radar (HCR) | ✓ | |
| Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR) [UWyo] | ✓ | |
| Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL) [UWyo] | ✓ | |
| Radiative Measurements [EOL] (unless otherwise noted) | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| Remote (infrared) Sky Temperature (Wintronics KT19.85 radiation pyrometer) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote (infrared) Surface Temperature (Wintronics KT19.85 radiation pyrometer) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shortwave (solar) irradiance (CMP22 Pyranometer - visible broadband radiometer), not stabilized | ✓ | |
| Shortwave (solar) irradiance (CMP22 Pyranometer - visible broadband radiometer), stabilized | ✓ | |
| Infrared irradiance (CGR4 Pyrgeometer - infrared broadband radiometer), not stabilized | ✓ | |
| Infrared irradiance (CGR4 Pyrgeometer - infrared broadband radiometer), stabilized | ✓ | |
| HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package (HARP), actinic flux [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIAPER Airborne Radiation Package (HARP), spectral irradiance [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) | ✓ | |
| Remote Sensing [EOL] | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| HIAPER Cloud Radar (HCR) | ✓ | |
| GV High Spectral Resolution Lidar (GV-HSRL) | ✓ | |
| Gas Measurements [EOL and ACOM] | NSF NCAR Aircraft | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GV | C-130 |
| Airborne Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH₄), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Water Vapor [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| QCL Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fast Ozone (O3) [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA) (gas-phase organic species) [ACOM] Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA) Time of Flight (TOF) [ACOM] |
✓ | ✓ |
| Airborne Whole Air Sampler (AWAS) [EOL] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Medusa Flask Sampler [EOL] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Airborne Oxygen Analyzer (AO2) [EOL] | ✓ | ✓ |
| NO and NO2 [ACOM] | ✓ | ✓ |
| HIAPER Modular Inlets (HIMIL inlets) | ✓ | ✓ |
A separate list containing only decommissioned instruments is also maintained.