Standard Instrumentation
| Description | NSF NCAR GV | NSF NCAR 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 | ✓ | ✓ |