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SARP West Flightpaths
SARP Flightpaths above the Salton Sea
Ozone Data collected by SARP

SARP

Student Airborne Research Program

Data Centers

ASDC

NASA's Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) is an eight-week summer internship program for rising senior undergraduate students to acquire hands-on research experience in all aspects of a scientific field campaign. Active since 2009, SARP utilizes one of the major NASA Airborne Science Program flying science laboratories that are used to study Earth system processes, calibration/validation of space-borne observations, and prototyping of instruments for possible satellite missions. 

Participants assist in the operation of instruments onboard the aircraft to sample atmospheric gases and/or to image land and water surfaces in multiple spectral bands. Students also participate in collecting measurements at field sites. Research areas for SARP include atmospheric chemistry, forest ecology, air quality, and ocean biology.

For more information regarding the MASTER datasets for SARP, please refer to the ORNL MASTER Project Page: ORNL MASTER Data. For more information regarding the LVIS datasets for SARP, please refer to the NSIDC Project Page: NSDIC LVIS Data. Both MASTER and LVIS data are available under the SARP Project on Earthdata Search.

For more information regarding the AVIRIS Facility Instruments, please refer to the ORNL AVIRIS Project Page: ORNL AVIRIS Project Page. This page provides information and links to access data for AVIRIS-C, AVIRIS-NG, and AVIRIS-3.

Project DOI: 10.5067/SUBORBITAL/SARP/DATA001

Platforms & Instruments

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
NASA P-3

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Platform Instruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Thermo Model 49C Ozone Analyzer

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer

Thermo Model 49C Ozone Analyzer

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Thermo Model 49C Ozone Analyzer

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

2B Technologies Ozone Monitor

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

TSI Laser Aerosol Spectrometer 3340 Manufactured by TSI Inc.

TSI-3563 Nephelometer

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS)

Cloud Particle Spectrometer with Polarized Detection (CPSPD)

TSI Condensation Particle Counter 3010 Manufactured by TSI Inc.

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Airborne Tropospheric Hydroxides Sensor (ATHOS)

Thermal Dissociation Laser Induced Fluorescents developed by University of California, Berkley (TD-LIF)

Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Differential Absorption CO, CH4, N2O Measurements (DACOM)

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer (CAMS)

CCD-based Actinic Flux Spectroradiometer (CAFS)

Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer (CIMS)

Spectrometers for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research (4STAR)

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER (AMS)

Total Water Instrument: Closed-path Laser Hygrometer 2 (CLH2)

NCAR NOxyO3

Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (CIT-ToF-CIMS)

Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
C-23 Sherpa

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFE)

Los Gatos Research CO/CO2/H2O Analyzer (LGR)

Applanix POSAV

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Meteorological Measurement System (MMS)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

Los Gatos Research CO/CO2/H2O Analyzer (LGR)

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFE)

Compact Airborne Nitrogen diOxide Experiment (CANOE)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Laser Imaging Nephelometer

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Meteorological Measurement System (MMS)

Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Differential Absorption CO, CH4, N2O Measurements (DACOM)

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer (CAMS)

Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

CCD-based Actinic Flux Spectroradiometer (CAFS)

In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde (CAFS)

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER (AMS)

TSI Laser Aerosol Spectrometer 3340 Manufactured by TSI Inc.

CCN Counter

Vaisala HUMICAP Humidity and Temperature Probe HMP155

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS)

NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument (NO/NOy)

Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (CIT-ToF-CIMS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformInstruments
NASA DC-8

Laser Imaging Nephelometer

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Meteorological Measurement System (MMS)

Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Differential Absorption CO, CH4, N2O Measurements (DACOM)

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

Compact Atmospheric Multispecies Spectrometer (CAMS)

Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

CCD-based Actinic Flux Spectroradiometer (CAFS)

In Situ Airborne Formaldehyde (ISAF)

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER (AMS)

TSI Laser Aerosol Spectrometer 3340 Manufactured by TSI Inc.

CCN Counter

Vaisala HUMICAP Humidity and Temperature Probe HMP155

Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS)

NO and NOy Chemiluminescence Instrument (NO/NOy)

Chemical Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (CIT-ToF-CIMS)

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

PlatformsInstruments
NASA DC-8

DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (DADS)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO)

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFE)

Condensation Nuclei Counter (CNC)

TSI-3563 Nephelometer

CEILOMETERS

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS

Aerolaser AL5002 CO Monitor

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

BalloonsOZONESONDES
PlatformsInstruments
NASA B-200

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Thermo Scientific Model 43i SO2 Analyzer

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFE)

TSI Laser Aerosol Spectrometer 3340 Manufactured by TSI Inc.

Condensation Nuclei Counter (CNC)

Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer (NDIR GAS ANALYZER)

Tricolor Absorption Photometer (TAP)

Field Campaign Ground Sites

CEILOMETERS

LI-850 Gas Analyzer

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

OZONESONDES

PlatformsInstruments
NASA B-200

Whole Air Sampler (WAS)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Rapid Ozone Experiment (ROZE)

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFE)

Compact Airborne Nitrogen diOxide Experiment (CANOE)

Aircraft-Integrated Meteorological Measurement System (AIMMS)

NASA P3-B

Printed Optical Portable Spectrometer (POPS)

Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer (UHSAS)

Diode Laser Hygrometer developed by NASA LaRC (DLH)

Picarro G2401 Gas Concentration Analyzer

Applanix POSAV

Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (ToF-AMS)

Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (APS)

Condensation Nuclei Counter (CNC)

TSI-3563 Nephelometer

Single Particle Soot Photometer Manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT SP2)

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