Short Name > Long Name

ATM > Airborne Topographic Mapper
GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
LVIS > Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor
MBLA > Multi-Beam Laser Altimeter
ALT (TOPEX) > TOPEX Radar Altimeter
ALTIMETERS
KBR > K-Band Ranging system
POSEIDON-2 > JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
RA > ERS Radar Altimeter
RA-2 > Radar Altimeter-2
RADAR ALTIMETERS
SSALT > POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
AIRSAR > Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
AMI > Active Microwave Instrument
ASAR > Advanced Synthetic Aperature Radar
C-SAR > C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
GEOSAR > Geographic Synthetic Aperture Radar
IFSAR > Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
IMAGING RADAR SYSTEMS > Imaging Radar Systems, Real and Synthetic Aperture
PALSAR > Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar
SIR-A > Shuttle Imaging Radar-A
SIR-B > Shuttle Imaging Radar-B
SIR-C > Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C
SLAR > Side-Looking Airborne Radar
SLRAR > Side-Looking Real Aperature Radar
SRTM > Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
X-SAR > X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
MOBLAS > Mobile Laser Systems
ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS
ECHO SOUNDERS
IES > Inverted Echo Sounders
RASS > Radio Acoustic Sounding System
SAW > JPL Surface Acoustic Wave Hygrometer
CLS > Cloud Lidar System
CPL > Cloud Physics Lidar
DIAL > Differential Absorption Lidar
DOPS > Dual Optical Pulse Sensor
LASERS > Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging
RL > Raman Lidar
ACOUSTIC RADAR
ADRAD > Texas Aggie Doppler Radar
ARMAR > Airborne Rain Mapping Radar
CAMRA > CWVC Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar
CRS > Cloud Radar System
DMR > GPS Bistatic Radar Delay Mapping Receiver
DOPPLER BEACONS
DOPPLER RADAR
EDOP > ER2-Doppler Radar
ELDORA > Electra Doppler Radar
FMCWR > Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar
GPR > Ground Penetrating Radar
INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR
MMCR > Millimeter-Wavelength Cloud Radar
MST > Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere Radar
NEXRAD > NEXt Generation RADar
NPOL > NASA Portable S-band Multiparameter Weather Research Radar
OSCR > OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT RADAR
PALS > Passive and Active L- and S-Band System
PR > TRMM Precipitation Radar
PR-2 > Second Generation Precipitation Radar
RADAR > Radio Detection and Ranging
RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS
RWP50 > 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler and Radio Acoustic Sounding System
RWP915 > 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler and Radio Acoustic Sounding System
SCR-HF > Surface Current Radar
SPOL > NCAR S-band Polarimetric Doppler Radar
TOGA RADAR
VERTICAL POINTING RADAR
XPOL > NOAA/ETL X-band Polarimetric Doppler Radar
IONOSONDE
ASCAT
C-SCAT > C-Band Scatterometer
ERS WIND SCATTEROMETER
NSCAT > NASA Scatterometer
POLSCAT > Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer
SASS > SEASAT-A Scatterometer System
SCATTEROMETERS
SEAWINDS > SeaWinds
WS > Wind Scatterometer
ALIAS > Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer
ALPS > Airborne Laser Polarization Sensor
AOLFL > Airborne Oceanographic Lidar Fluorosensor
ATLAS > Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer
CALIOP > Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
ELASTIC BACKSCATTER LIDAR
HSRL > High Spectral Resolution Lidar
JPL LASER HYGROMETERS
KNOLLENBERG PROBE
LASE > Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
LASER SPECTROMETER
LLS > Laser-Light Scattering
MPL > Micropulse Lidar
PALMS > Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry
VIL > Volume Imaging Lidar
VIRL > Visible and Near IR Lidar
CLOUDSAT-CPR > CLOUDSAT CLOUD PROFILING RADAR
ROWS > Radar Ocean Wave Spectrometer
MAGNETOMETERS
MAGVAR > Magnetic Variometer
NUCLEAR PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER
OVM > Overhauser Scalar Magnetometer
PROTON MAGNETOMETER
ASC > All-Sky Camera
AWIFS > Advanced Wide Field Sensor
CAMERAS
CCD IMAGER
CCD LINEAR ARRAY
CIPS > Cloud Imaging and Particle Size
CPI > Cloud Particle Imager
LFC > Large Format Camera
LLLTV > Low Light Level TV
MULTILENS CAMERAS
OCPS > Orbiter Camera Payload System
PAN > IRS Panchromatic Camera
QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60 > Quickbird Ball High Resolution Camera 60
RBV > Return Beam Vidicon
SCS > Star Camera System
SSCC > Spin Scan Cloud Camera
WFC > Wide Field Camera
AEPI > Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging
AIRBORNE TRACKING SUNPHOTOMETER
DOBSON SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
MASP > Mobile Automatic Scanning Photometer
MSBSP > Multi-Spectral Band Sun Photometer
PHOTOMETERS
POAM II > Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement II
POAM III > Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement III
SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
SUN PHOTOMETERS
SXM-2 > Multichannel Sun Photometer
TRANSMISSOMETERS
ALAE > Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions
CEILOMETERS
GFC RADIOMETER > Gas Filter Correlated Radiometer
GSD > Germanium Semiconductor Detector
HPGE > Hyperpure Germanium
MINARAD RST-10
MONOCHROMATORS
NEPHELOMETERS
OPC > Optical Particle Counter
OPS > Optical Sensor
OTD > Optical Transient Detector
PARTICLE DETECTORS
PAS > Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor
PIN DIODE
POLARIMETERS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SILICON PHOTODIODES
SUNSHINE RECORDERS
WSI > Whole-Sky Imager
BLACKJACK > Global Positiong System
GPS > Global Positioning System
GPS CLOCKS
GPS RECEIVERS
GRAS > Global navigation satellite system Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding
LASER REFLECTOR
LASER TRACKING REFLECTOR
LRA > Laser Retroreflector Array
LRR > Laser Retro-Reflector
RIS > Retroreflector in Space
SLR > Satellite Laser Ranging
TLRS > Transportable Laser Ranging Systems
SDPTR > Satellite Doppler Positioning Transit Receivers
SUPERSTAR > Space Triaxial Accelerometer for Research Missions
ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
DORIS > Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
HAIRS > High Accuracy Inter-satellite Ranging System
INS > Inertial Navigation System
LORAN > Long Range Navigation
RADIO BURST RECEIVERS
TELEMETER
USO > Ultra-Stable Oscillator
ACS > Advanced Stellar Compass 2 (Boom)
COMPASSES
GYROS
IPU > Instrument Processing Unit
OPTICAL BEACON
PASSIVE OPTICAL TRACKING
PRARE > Precise Range and Range-Rate Equipment
RADIO TRANSPONDERS
RF ANTENNA
SCA > Spatial Coordinate Apparatus
SDTA > Satellite Drag Tracking Apparatus
SFERICS DETECTOR
THR > THRuster activation system
TRANSPONDERS
VLF RECEIVERS
AERI > Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
HIS > High Resolution Interferometer Sounder
IASI > Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
MIPAS > Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding
MIRAS > 2-D Passive L-Band Microwave Interferometer
NAST-I > NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Interferometer
CHAMP-BLACKJACK
GPS SONDE
SACC-BLACKJACK
AEM > Airborne Electromagnetic Profiler
AIRS > Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
AMMS > Advanced Microwave Moisture Sounder
AMSU-A > Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A
AMSU-B > ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT B (AMSU-B)
ATOVS > ADVANCED TIROS-N OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDER (ATOVS)
AVAPS > Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
CLASS > C-LORAN Atmospheric Sounding System
DC8 DROPSONDES
DIGISONDES
DROPSONDES
DROPWINDSONDES
GOES I-M SOUNDER
HAMSR > High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer
HIRDLS > High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
HIRS > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
HIRS/2 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2
HIRS/3 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/3
HIRS/4 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/4
HSB > Humidity Sounder for Brazil
IRFS-2 > Infrared Fourier Spectrometer-2
ISAMS > Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder
ISS > Integrated Sounding System
LIMS > Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere
MACAWS > Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Profiling Wind Sensor
MAS/ATLAS > Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder
MHS > Microwave Humidity Sounder
MLS > Microwave Limb Sounder
MOPITT > Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere
MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit
MTP > Microwave Temperature Profiler
NAST-M > NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Microwave Radiometer
NAST-MTS > NPOESS Aircraft Microwave Temperature Sounder
NOAA PROFILER
OMEGASONDE
OZONESONDES
RADIOSONDES
RAWINSONDES
ROCKETSONDES
RTOVS > REVISED TIROS-N OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDER (RTOVS)
SABER > Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry
SAMS > Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
SLS > Submillimeter Limb Sounder
SOUNDERS
SSM/T > Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature
SSM/T-2 > Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature Profiler
SSU > Stratospheric Sounding Unit
TCISS > TOGA COARE Integrated Sounding System
TEMPERATURE PROFILERS
TETHERSONDES
TIROS-N > TIROS-N OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDER
TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
UMKEHR OBSERVATIONS
VAS > VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
VTPR > Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer
WIND PROFILERS
WVSS > Water Vapor Sensing System
XSV > Expendable Sound Velocity Profilers
HYPERION > HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER
AATSR > Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
AIMR > Airborne Imaging Microwave Radiometer
AIRMISR > Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
AIS > Arizona Imager Spectrograph
ALI > Advanced Land Imager
AMSR > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
AOCI > Airborne Ocean Color Imager
ASPECT > AIRBORNE SPECTRAL IMAGERY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS TECHNOLOGY
ASTER > Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
ATSR > Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder
ATSR-2 > Along-Track Scanning Radiometer 2
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVHRR-2 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
AVHRR-3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
AVIRIS > Airborne Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
AVNIR > Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer
AVNIR-2 > Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer Type 2
CASI > Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager
COSSIR > Conical Scanning Sub-mm wave Imaging Radiometer
CZCS > Coastal Zone Color Scanner
DAEDALUS TMS > Daedalus Thematic Mapper Simulator
ESMR > Electronic Scanning Microwave Radiometer
ETM+ > Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
GERB > Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
GLI > Global Imager
GOES I-M IMAGER
GUVI > Global Ultraviolet Imager
HRDI > High Resolution Doppler Imager
HRTS > High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph
HRV > High Resolution Visible Imaging System
HRVIR > High Resolution Visible and Infrared
IIR > Imaging Infrared Radiometer
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
IRS > Infrared Radiometer/Spectrometer
ISO > Imaging Spectrometric Observatory
JAMI > Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager
LAC > LAC (Linear Etalon Imaging Spectrometer Array (LEISA) Atmospheric Corrector
LIP > Lightning Instrument Package
LIS > Lightning Imaging Sensor
LISS-III > Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor
LISS-IV > Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor iV
MAS > MODIS Airborne Simulator
MEIS > Multispectral Electro-optical Imaging Sensor
MERIS > Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MESSR > Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
MFR > Multichannel Flux Radiometer
MIMR > Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer
MISR > Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
MLA > Multi-Linear Array
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MOMS-01 > Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Scanner
MOMS-02 > Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral Stereo Scanner
MOP VIS/IR > MOP Imaging Radiometer
MOS > Modular Optoelectronic Scanner
MSIR > Multispectral Imaging Radiometer
MSR > Microwave Scanning Radiometer
MSS > Multispectral Scanner
MSU-E > Multichannel High Resolution Electronic Scanner
MSU-SK > Multichannel Middle Resolution Conical Scanner
MVI > Multiband Vegetation Imager
NS-001 TMS > NS-001 Thematic Mapper Simulator
OCE > Ocean Color Experiment
OCM > OCEAN COLOR MONITOR
OCTS > Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
OLS > Operational Linescan System
PIP > Precipitation Imaging Probe
PLA > Panchromatic Linear Array
POLDER > Polarization/Directionality of the Earth's Reflectance
PORTOS > Radiometer Hyper-frequence Multi-frequence
PRISM > Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping
PROBA.CHRIS.1A > PROBA CHRIS Level 1A
PSR > Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor
SEVIRI > Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SR > Scanning Radiometer
SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
TM > Thematic Mapper
TMI > TRMM Microwave Imager
TMS > Thematic Mapper Simulator
TSI > TOTAL SKY IMAGER
VHRR > Very High Resolution Radiometer
VIRIS > Visible and Infrared Intelligent Spectrometer
VIRR > Visible and Infrared Radiometer
VIRS > TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner
VISSR > Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
VNIR > Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer
VTIR > Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer
WIFS > Wide Field Scanner
FPI > Fabry-Perot Interferometer
HALOE > Halogen Occultation Experiment
IMG > Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases
INTERFEROMETERS
IRIS > Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
MARK IV INTERFEROMETER
MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER
SIRIS > Stratospheric Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
WINDII > Wind Imaging Interferometer
AMMR > Airborne Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
AMPR > Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer
ASUR > Airborne SUbmillimeter Radiometer
BBHSR > Broad Spectral Bandpass Hemispherical Solar Radiometer
BRTS > Background Radiometric Temperature Sensors
BSR > Broadband Solar Radiometer
C-STAR > Conically-Scanning Two-look Airborne Radiometer
CERES > Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
CERES SCANNER > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Scanner
CERES-FM1 > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 1
CERES-FM2 > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 2
CERES-FM3 > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 3
CERES-FM4 > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Flight Model 4
CERES-PFM > Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Prototype Flight Model
ERB > Earth Radiation Budget
ERB-SCANNER
ERBE > Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
ESTAR > Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer
GBMR > Ground Based Passive Microwave Radiometer
HCMR > Heat Capacity Mapping Radiometer
HFOVR > Hemispherical Field of View Radiometer
HRIR > High-Resolution Infrared Radiometer
HRR > High Resolution Radiometer
IKAR > Multichannel Microwave Radiometric System
INFRARED RADIOMETERS
MFRSR > Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer and Broadband Pyranometer
MIR > Millimeter Imaging Radiometer
MMR > Modular Multiband Radiometer
MR > MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
MRIR > Medium-Resolution Infrared Radiometer
MULTICHANNEL FILTER RADIOMETERS
MULTIFILTER RADIOMETER
MWR > Microwave Water Radiometer
NFOVR > Narrow Field of View Radiometer
NMLR > Nebraska Multiband Leaf Radiometer
PARABOLA > Portable Apparatus Rapid Acquisition Bidirectional Observ Land and Atmos
RADIOMETERS
RAMS > Radiation Measurement System
RSP > Research Scanning Polarimeter
SCR > Selective Chopper Radiometer
STEP FREQUENCY RADIOMETERS
SWIR > Short Wavelength Infrared Radiometer
TDDR > Total-Direct-Diffuse Multichannel Radiometer
THIR > Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer
TMR > TOPEX Microwave Radiometer
TMRS2 > Tower Mounted Radiometer System 2
TNR > Thermopile Net Radiometer
ACE-FTS > Fourier Transform Spectrometer
AERS > Atmospheric/Emitted Radiation Sensor
AES > Atmospheric Emission Spectrometer
ATMOS > Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
BUV > Backscatter Ultraviolet
CAPS > Cloud, Aerosol, Precipitation Spectrometer
CLAES > Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CLOUD TOP SPECTROMETER
COSPEC > Correlation Spectrometer
DOAS > Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometers
EB SPECTROMETER > Ebert-Fastie Spectrometer
FCAS > Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer
FCAS II > Focused Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer II
FIRSC > Far-Infrared Sensor for Cirrus
FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS
FPS > Fabray-Perot Spectrometer
FSSP > Forword Scattering Spectrometer Probe
FTIR SPECTROMETER > Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
GOME > Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
GOME-2 > Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2
GOMOS > Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars
GRILLE > Grille Spectrometer
ILAS > Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
ILAS II > Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer-II
LPSP > Multichannel High Resolution UV and Visible Spectrometer
MAESTRO > Measurements of Aerosol Extinct in the Stratos.and Tropos. Retr. by Occultation
MAGNETO OPTICAL FILTER
MAMS > Multispectral Mapping Atmospheric Sensor
MAPS > Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite
MASPR > Multiple-Angle Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
MIMS > Magnetic Ion-Mass Spectrometer
MMRS > Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner
N-MASS > Nucleation-Mode Aerosol Size Spectrometer
NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER
OMI > Ozone Measuring Instrument
OSS > Open-Source Neutral Mass Spectrometer
PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
PCASP > Passive-Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe
PES > Photoelectron Spectrometer
RSMS > Rapid Single-particle Mass Spectrometer
SAGE I > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I
SAGE II > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II
SAGE III > Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III
SCARAB > The Scanner for Radiation Budget
SCIAMACHY > Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography
SIRS > Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
SOFIE > Solar Occultation for Ice Experiment
SPECTROGRAPHS
SPECTROMETERS
TEAMS > Time of Flight Energy Angle Mass Spectrometer
TES > Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer
TIMS > Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner
TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
UV OZONE DETECTORS > Ultraviolet Ozone Detectors
UV SPECTROMETER > Ultraviolet Ozone Spectrometer
UVNO > Ultraviolet Nitric Oxide Spectrometer
VGT-S10 > VEGETATION Sensor (SPOT 4)
VISIBLE SPECTROMETER
WATS > Wind and Temperature Spectrometer
ASAS > Advanced Solid-state Array Spectroradiometer
SAFS > Scanning Actinic Flux Spectroradiometer
SPECTRORADIOMETERS
ACTINOMETER > Radiation Thermocouple Actinometer
BOLOMETERS
FAN-ASPIRATED RADIATION SHIELD
PAR SENSORS > Phytosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors
PARS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION SENSORS
PYRANOGRAPHS
PYRANOMETERS
PYRGEOMETERS
PYRHELIOMETERS
PYRRADIOMETERS
RRS > Reflected Radiation Sensor
SOLARIMETERS
SSFR > Solar Spectral Flux Radiometers
ACATS > Airborne Chromatograph for Atmospheric Trace Species
ADS > Automated DNA Sequencer
AEROSOL MONITOR
AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER
AETHAELOMETER
AIR PERMEAMETERS
APMS > Ames Particle Measurement System
ARGUS > Two-Channel Atmospheric Tracer Instrument
ATHOS > Airborne Tropospheric Hydroxides Sensor
AUTOANALYZER
AWQT > Apparatus for Water Quality Test
CARBON ANALYZERS
CHN ANALYZERS > Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen Analyzers
CNC > Condensation Nuclei Counter
CO2 ANALYZERS
CO2NDIR > Carbon Dioxide Nondispersive Infrared Analyzer
CPA > Charged Particle Analyzer
CPC > Cloud Particle Counter
DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS
EGC > Electron Gas Chromatograph
EQUILIBRATORS
FLAME-IONIZATION DETECTOR
FLOW CYTOMETRY
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY
FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY
FLUOROMETERS
FRRF > Fast Repetition Rate Fluorometer
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
GAS CORRELATION FILTERS
GAS SENSORS
GC-MS > Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry
HAMI > Hydrocarbon Automatic Measuring Instrument
HPLC > High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph
INCUBATOR
ION CHROMATOGRAPHS
IONIZATION CHAMBER
IR CO2 ANALYZER > Infrared Carbon Dioxide Analyzer
IRGA > Infrared Gas Analyzers
LACE > Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment
LEE > Low Energy Electrons
LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM
LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER
LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHS
LOPC-PMS > Laser Optical Particle Counter
NDIR GAS ANALYZER > Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer
NEUTRON MONITORS
NOAMI > Nitrogen Oxide Automatic Measuring Instrument
OAMI > Oxidants Automatic Measuring Instrument
OXYGEN ANALYZERS
OXYGEN METERS
OZONE DETECTORS
OZONE MONITORS
OZONE SENSOR
OZONEMETERS
P-SYSTEM > High Pressure Gas Sampling System
PAM > PORTABLE FLUORESCENCE ANALYZERS
PH METERS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER
PLANT STRESS MONITOR
PMS > Particle Measuring System
PMS 2D-C PROBE > Particle Measuring Systems 2D-C Probe
PMS 2D-P PROBE > Particle Measuring Systems 2D-P Probe
POROMETER
RPA > Retarding Potential Analyzer
SAMI > SO2 Automatic Measuring Instrument
SFM > Spectrofluorometer
SOMMA > Single Operator Multiparameter Metabolic Analyzer
SOPA > Synchronous Orbit Particle Analyzer
SPECIFIC ION METERS
SPMAMI > Suspended Particulate Matter Automatic Measuring Instrument
SSIES > Ion Scintallaton Monitor
SWMS > Surface Water Monitoring System
TOTCAP > Tropospheric Ozone and Tracers from Commercial Aircraft Platforms
UCN > Ultrafine Condensation Nucleus Counter
WAS > Whole Air Sampler
CONDUCTIVITY METERS
ELECTRONATORS
GERDIEN CONDUCTIVITY PROBE
MWA > Multiple Water Analyzer
CORING DEVICES
ICE AUGERS
ROCK CORERS
SEDIMENT CORERS
SNOW DENSITY CUTTER
AEROVANES
ANEMOMETERS
CRWVA > Combined Recording Wind Vane Anemograph
CURRENT METERS
CVI > Counterflow Virtual Impactor
DRIFTING BUOYS
EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES
ELECTROMAGNETIC DIRECTION METER
GEK > Geomagnetic Electrokinetographs
GUST PROBES
PTGA > Propeller Type Generating Anemovane
SONIC ANEMOMETER
WIND VANES
COULOMETERS
ELECTRIC FIELD MILL
MESA > Miniature Electrostatic Analyzer
MIPS-EFM > MIPS Electric Field Mill
RDEFM > Rotating Dipole Electric Field Mill
SMPS > Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer
SNOW FORKS
VOLTAGE METERS
ADG > Acoustic Depth Gauge
BALANCE
BOTTOM PRESSURE GAUGES
GROUND WATER LEVEL GAUGES
GWLG > GROUND WATER LEVEL GAUGES
IONIZATION PRESSURE GAUGES
LAND SUBSIDENCE GAUGES
LYSIMETERS
ORG > Optical Rain Gauge
RAD GAUGE > Ram Atmosphere Density Gauge
RAIN GAUGES
RING SHEAR TESTERS
SPRING BALANCE > SPRING BALANCE
STRAIN GAUGE WHEATSTONE BRIDGE
STREAM GAUGES
TEOM > Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance
TIDE GAUGES
ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE
WATER LEVEL GAUGES
WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
ACCELEROGRAPHS
ACCELEROMETERS
ADA > Atmospheric Density Accelerometer
DTG > Differential Thermogravimeter
GRAVIMETERS
INCLINOMETERS
LRGM > Lacoste-Romberg Gravity Meter
SUPERCONDUCTING GRAVIMETER
DFS-V48 > DFS-V 48 Channel Seismograph Attached to Seismic Geophones
DFS-V60 > DFS-V 60 Channel Seismograph Attached to Seismic Geophones
SEISMOGRAPHS
SEISMOMETERS
BINOCULAR > BINOCULAR
DENSIOMETERS
FIELD SCOPE > FIELD SCOPE
INFRARED LASER SPECTROSCOPY
LBLSC > Low Background Liquid Scintillation Counter
MICROSCOPES
OPC > Optical Plankton Counter
PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPES
PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPES
PHOTOSYNTHETRON
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
SECCHI DISKS
TEM > TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
THEODOLITE
TLPCS > Thermoluminescence Photon Counting System
TOC > Total Organic Carbon Analyzer
TRANSPARENCY METER
TUNABLE DIODE LASER
TURBIDITY METERS
USIM > Underwater Spectral Irradiance Meter
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
AHF > AIRBORNE HEIGHT FINDER
ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR
APS > Air Pressure Sensor
BAROMETERS
CLINOMETERS
ICE STRESS SENSORS
MICROBAROGRAPHS
PIEZOMETERS
PIPE STRAIN METER
PRESSURE CHAMBERS
PRESSURE GAUGES
PRESSURE JUMP DETECTOR
PRESSURE PROBE
PRESSURE SENSORS
PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
ROSEMOUNT PRESSURE GAUGE
SCHOLANDER PRESSURE CHAMBER
SURVEYING TOOLS
VCEIL > Vaisala Ceilometer
1DP > 1D Particles Probe
2DC > 2D Cloud Probe
CAPAC > Cloud and Aerosol Particle Characterization
CEP > Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe
CLOUD LIQUID WATER PROBE
DIELECTRIC PROBE
ELECTRON MICROPROBES
ION MICROPROBES
NEUTRON PROBE
NEVZOROV PROBE > Nevzorov Water Vapor Probe
OSMOMETERS
PENETROMETERS
PERMEAMETERS
PROBES
SHRIMP > Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe
SNOW MEASURING ROD
SNOW TUBE
SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE
SOIL DEPTH PROBE
SOIL HEAT PROBE
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
STEEL MEASURING TAPE
TDR > Time Domain Reflectometry Probe
TEMPERATURE PROBES
TENSION INFILTROMETER
ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS
ACOUSTIC TAGS
ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ARP > Acoustic Recording Package
GEOPHONES
GLORIA > Geological Long-Range Inclined ASDIC
HYDROPHONES
INFRASONIC MICROPHONES
MBES > Multibeam Mapping System
MSBS > Multibeam Swath Bathymetry System
SIDE-SCAN SONAR
SODAR > Sound Detection and Ranging
SONAR > Sound Navigation and Ranging
SONOBUOYS
SOSUS > Sound Surveillance System
UPWARD LOOKING SONAR
AIRGUN ARRAYS
BATHYPHOTOMETER
BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS
BBSS > Balloon-Borne Sounding System
BOPS > Bio Optical Profiling System
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
EHAD > ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde
EPSONDE
LONG STREAMERS
MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs
OFFI > Optical Free Fall Instrument
PROFILERS
SBT > Select-Level Bathythermographs
SCANFISH > SHIP-TOWED UNDULATING VEHICLE
SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILERS
STC > Salinity, Temperature , Conductivity
STD > Salinity, Temperature, Depth
THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
WATERGUNS
XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
XCP > Expendable Current Profiler
SUNFLECK CEPTOMETER
CIN > Cloud Integrating Nephelometer
LICOR INTEGRATING SPHERE
LICOR LEAF AREA METER
LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER
LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR
SOLAR SIMULATORS
ALTUS DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM
AWIN > Automatic Weigh and Identification Nest-System
AWS > Automated Weather System
CLOCKS
CPR > Continuous Plankton Recorder
CSR > Compressive Strength Recorder
DADS > DC-8 DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
DENDROMETERS
DIGITIZER
DISDROMETERS
HATDL > HOBO XT Air Temperature Logger
MMS > Meteorological Measurement System
NAVREC > ER-2 NAV RECORDER
OBDH > OnBoard Data Handling system
OPTICAL DUST LOGGERS > DOWNHOLE OPTICAL DUST AND ASH LOGGERS
SALINOMETERS
TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
TNK > cold gas TaNK system
VOPC > Video Optical plankton Counter
VPR > Video Plankton Recorder
WELL LOGGING TOOLS
WL/CR > WATER LEVEL/CLIMATE RECORDERS
FILTERABLE DEPOSIT JAR SAMPLER
FLASKS
GO-FLO BOTTLES
NANSEN BOTTLES > Nansen Water Sampling Bottles
NISKIN BOTTLES
WATER BOTTLES
AEROSOL COLLECTORS
DRY DEPOSITION COLLECTORS
GRAB SAMPLERS
MACS > Multiple Aerosol Collection System
SEDIMENT METERS
SEDIMENT TRAPS
SOIL SAMPLER
WET DEPOSITION COLLECTORS
AGASSIZ TRAWL
BENTHOPELAGIC NET
BENTHOPELAGIC TRAWL
BIONESS > Bedford Institute of Oceanography Net Environmental Sampling System
BONGO NETS
BOTTOM TRAWL
DEMERSAL TRAWL
FISH NETS
GILLNETS
MIDWATER TRAWLS
MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net
NEUSTON NET
NORPAC ZOOPLANKTON NET
PLANKTON NETS
SCOR WP-2 ZOOPLANTKON NET
TRAWL
TUBBS TOWS
TUCKER TRAWLS
BEDLOAD SENSORS
CUFES > Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampling System
DREDGING DEVICES
FSI > Filter Sampling Instrument
GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES
HVAS > High Volume Air Sampler
HVPS > High Volume Particle Sampler
KEMMERER SAMPLER
PISTON SAMPLERS
STS > Step Sampler
WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS
WWS > Whole Water Sampler
AMS > ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETERS
BGO > Bismuth Germanate Scintillator
BLIP > Boundary Layer Instrument Package
CHEMILUMINESCENCE
COLORIMETERS
ICP-MS > Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
LA-ICP-MS > Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
MASS SPECTROMETERS
MC-ICP-MS > Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers
NET RADIOMETERS
SIMS > Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometers
XRF > X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS
HYDROMETERS
HYGROTHERMOGRAPHS
FPH > Lyman-Alpha Total Water
HYGROMETERS
LYMAN-ALPHA HYGROMETER
HYPSOMETERS
PYROMETERS
THERMISTORS
THERMOCOUPLES
DRY BULB THERMOMETERS
INFRARED THERMOMETERS
PRT > Precision Radiation Thermometers
QUARTZ CRYSTAL THERMOMETER
RT > Reversing Thermometer
THERMOMETERS
WET BULB THERMOMETERS
CFDC > Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber
HUMIDITY SENSORS
HUMIDITY TRANSDUCERS
PSYCHROMETERS
SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
3DA > 3D Plasma Analyzer
AMPTE/IRM MAGNETOMETER > AMPTE/IRM Three-axis Fluxgate Magnetometer
DIFLUX MAGNETOMETERS
DWP > Digital Wave Processing Experiment
EECA > Electrostatic Energy-Charge Analyzer (IMP-8)
EFD > Electric Fields Detector (Geotail)
EFI > Electric Fields Investigation
EFW > Electric Field and Wave Experiment
ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS
FGM > CLUSTER-II Fluxgate Monitor
FGM > Fluxgate Magnetometer
FGM-U > Ulysses Flux Gate Magnetometer
FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS
GOLF > Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies
GONG INSTRUMENT > Global Oscillation Network Group Instrument
GONG NETWORK > Global Oscillation Network Group Network
IME > IMP-8 Magnetometer Experiment
MAG > Magnetic Field Experiment
MAGNETOGRAPHS
MAM > Magnetic Field Instrument
MFE > Magnetic Field Experiment (Geotail)
MFE-P > Magnetic Fields Experiment (Polar)
MFI > Magnetic Field Investigation (WIND)
PWI > Plasma Waves Investigation (Geotail)
PWI-P > Plasma Waves Investigation (Polar)
SEARCHCOIL MAGNETOMETERS
SPFC > Solar Plasma Faraday Cup (IMP-8)
SSM > Special Sensor Magnetometer
STAFF > Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Field Fluctuation Experiment
VECTOR MAGNETOGRAPHS
VHM > Vector Helium Magnetometer (Ulysses)
WBD > Wide Band Data Instrument
WBS > Wide Band Spectrometer
WHISPER > Waves of High Frequency and Sounder for Probing Electron Density by Relaxation
3DP > 3-D Plasma and Energetic Particle Investigation (WIND)
AA > Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
AAS > Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
APS > Aerodynamic Particle Sizer
ASPOC > Active Spacecraft Potential Control Experiment
BIMS > Bennett Ion-Mass Spectrometer
CAMMICE > Charge And Mass Ion Composition Experiment
CELIAS > Charge, Element, and Isotope Analysis System
CEPPAD > Comprehensive Energetic Particle Pitch Angle Distribution
CIMS > Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer
CINDI > COUPLED ION-NEUTRAL DYNAMICS INVESTIGATION
CIS > Cluster Ion Spectrometry Experiment
COSPIN > Cosmic and Solar Particle Investigation (Ulysses)
COSTEP > Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer
CPFM > Composition and Photodissociative Flux Measurement
CPI-G > Comprehensive Plasma Investigation-Geotail
CPME > Charged Particle Measurement Experiment (IMP-8)
CRIS > Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer
CRNC > Cosmic Ray Nuclear Composition Experiment (IMP-8)
DIDM > Planar Langmuir Probe
DUST > Ulysses Cosmic Dust Experiment
EDI > Electron Drift Instrument (CLUSTER-II)
EDI-E > Electron Drift Instrument (EQUATOR-S)
EPAC > Energetic Particles Composition Instrument (Ulysses)
EPACT > Energetic Particles: Acceleration, Composition and Transport (WIND)
EPAM > Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor
EPE > Energetic Particle Experiment (IMP-8)
EPI > Energy Particle Analyzer
EPIC > Energetic Particle and Ion Composition (Geotail)
ERNE > Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron
GME > Goddard Medium Energy Experiment (IMP-8)
HENA > High-Energy Neutral Atom Imager (IMAGE)
HEP > High Energy Particles (Geotail)
HEPAD > High Energy Proton and Alpha Detector
HI-SCALE > Heliosphere Instrument for Spectra, Composition, and Anisotropy and Low Energies
HYDRA > Hot Plasma Analyzer
ICI > Ion Composition Instrument
ICP-AES > Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer
IDM > Ion Drift Meter
IMPACT > In situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transients
LENA > Low-Energy Neutral Atom Imager (IMAGE)
LEP > Low Energy Particles (Geotail)
LEPEDEA > Low-Energy Proton and Electron Differential Energy Analyzer (IMP-8)
MASS > High MASS Resolution Spectrometer
MCPHA > Multi Channel Pulse Height Analyzer
MENA > Medium-Energy Neutral Atom Imager (IMAGE)
MEPAD > Medium Energy Proton and Alpha Detector
MUON COSMIC RAY DETECTORS
NACE > Neutral Atmosphere Composition Experiment
NATE > Neutral Atmosphere Temperature Experiment
PCD > Potential Control Device
PEACE > Plasma Electron and Current Experiment
PEM > Particle Environment Monitor
PLASTIC > PLAsma and SupraThermal Ion and Composition
PTR-MS > Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer
RAPID > Research with Adaptive Particle Imaging Detectors
SEC > Solar Corona Experiment (Ulysses)
SEM > Space Environment Monitor
SEPICA > Solar Energetic Particle Charge Analyzer
SEPS > Source Loss-Cone Energetic Particle Spectrometer
SIS > Solar Isotope Spectrometer
SMS > SWICS/MASS/STICS Instrument
SPEA > Solar Plasma Electrostatic Analyzer (IMP-8)
SSI/ES > Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Monitor
SSJ/4 > Precipitating Plasma Monitor
STICS > SupraThermal Ion Composition Spectrometer
SWAN > Solar Wind Anisotropies
SWE > Solar Wind Experiment (WIND)
SWEPAM > Solar Wind Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor
SWICS > Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer
SWICS-U > Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (Ulysses)
SWIMS > Solar Wind Ion Mass Spectrometer
SWOOPS > Solar Wind Plasma Experiment (Ulysses)
TED > Total Energy Detector
TIDE > Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment
TIDI > TIMED Doppler Interferometer
TIMAS > Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph
ULEIS > Ultra Low Energy Isotope Spectrometer
SPECTROHELIOGRAPHS
SPIN-SCAN AURORAL IMAGER
K-LINE CCD/SOLAR OSCILLATIONS
C/P > Coronagraph/Polarimeter
LASCO > Large Angle and Spectrometric COronagraph
OPTICAL TELESCOPES
SOLAR TELESCOPES
SOON SOLAR TELESCOPES
SOT > SOLAR OPTICAL TELESCOPE (HINODE)
TELESCOPES
TRACE TELESCOPE > Transition Region and Coronal Explorer Telescope
AIRGLOW SENSOR
AIRGLOW/AURORA IMAGER
AP > AURORAL PHOTOMETER (SNOE)
CORONAGRAPHS
GREEN CORONAGRAPH
HELIOGRAPHS
LYMAN-ALPHA PHOTOMETER
MDI > Michelson Doppler Imager
OPTICAL TRACKING
RED CORONAGRAPH
SFD > Scintillating Fiber Detector
STOKES POLARIMETER
VAE > Visible Airglow Photometer
XPS > XUV Photometer System
BROADBEAM RIOMETERS
IMAGING RIOMETERS
RADIO TELESCOPES
RIOMETER > Relative Ionospheric Opacity Meter
RPI > Radio Plasma Imager (IMAGE)
SWAVES > STEREO WAVES
URAP > Unified Radio and Plasma Wave Experiment (Ulysses)
VIRGO > Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations
VLA > The Very Large Array
VLBI > Very Long Baseline Interferometry
WAVES > Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation
CDS > Coronal Diagnostics Spectrometer
EGS > EUV Grating Spectrograph
EIS > EUV IMAGING SPRECTROMETER (HINODE)
EIT > Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
ESUM > Extreme Solar UV Monitor
EUV SPECTROMETER > Extreme UV Spectrometer
EUVS > Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrophotometer
FUV > Far Ultraviolet Imager (IMAGE)
SBUV > Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet
SBUV/2 > Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/2
SECCHI > Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation
SEE > Solar EUV Experiment
SIM > Spectral Irradiance Monitor
SOLAR UV SPECTROMETERS
SOLCON > Measurement of the Solar Constant
SOLSPEC > Solar Spectrum Measurement
SOLSTICE > Solar-Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment
SSBUV > Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet
SUMER > Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation
SUSIM > Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor
UVCS > Ultraviolet Coronograph Spectrometer
UVI > UltraViolet Imager (Polar)
UVIC > UV Ion Chamber
UVS > ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETER (SNOE)
UVSP > Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter
ACRIM > Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor
ACRIM II > Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor II
ACRIM III > Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor III
CEDAR IMAGER
SOFIA > STRATOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY FOR INFRARED ASTRONOMY
SOUP > Solar Optical Universal Polarimeter
TIM > Total Irradiance Monitor
VIS > Visible Imaging System (Polar)
BATSE > Burst And Transient Source Experiment
BCS > Bragg Crystal Spectrometer
CXRI > Coded Mask X-ray Imager
EDAX > Energy-Dispersive Analysis of X-Ray
EDXA > Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analyzer
GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR
GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS
GRB > Solar X-Ray/Cosmic Gamma-Ray Burst Experiment
HARD X-RAY MONITOR
HESSI IMAGER
HESSI SPECTROMETER
HXIS > Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer
HXRBS > Hard X-ray Burst Spectrometer
HXT > Hard X-ray Telescope
KONUS > Gamma Ray Burst Detector
PIXIE > Polar Ionospheric X-Ray Imaging Experiment
PXRI > Pinhole X-ray Imager
SMM-HXIS > SMM Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer
SXP > SOLAR X-RAY PHOTOMETER
SXT > Soft X-ray Telescope
TGRS > Transient Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
TIMAX > X-Ray Imaging Telescope
X-RAY TELESCOPE
XRD > X-ray Diffractometer
XRP > X-Ray Polychromator
XRPD > X-Ray Powder Diffractometer
XRT > X-RAY TELESCOPE (HINODE)
ICP-ES > INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
MTQ > Magnetic TorQue rode
SXI > SOLAR X-RAY IMAGER