Platform: NASA ER-2 Payload

stratosphere view from ER-2 with fires burning below
Photo: NASA
aircraft payload schematic
Instrument layout for FIREX-AQ NASA ER-2 aircraft
PositionInstrumentPIInstitutionGeophysical parametersTechnique
NoseAirMSPI-1David DinerJPLAerosol and cloud properties, (research: aerosol plume height)Multiangle Spectro-Polarimetric Imager
Q-bayAVIRIS-CRob GreenJPLVegetation types, effective fire temperature, H2OVis-SWIR spectrometer
PodCPLMatt McGillNASA GSFCBackscatter profile, depolarization ration, aerosol extinction profiles, aerosol layer type3-channel backscatter lidar with polarization
PodeMASSteve PlatnickNASA GSFCCloud and aerosol properties, (research: FRP)Vis-IR scanning spectrometer
PodGCASScott JanzNASA GSFCNO2, HCHO, SO2, CHOCHO, O3 UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer
PodHyTESSimon HookJPLLand surface temperature, SO2, CH4, NH3 (research NO2, O3)TIR spectrometer
PodNAST-IAllen LararNASA LangleyAtmospheric thermodynamic profiles; CO, O3 profilesIR scanning interferometer
CenterlineS-HISJoe TaylorUniversity of Wisconsin-SSECAtmospheric thermodynamic profiles; CO2, O3, CO, N2O, CH4, SO2 profiles IR scanning interferometer