ANCILLARY INFORMATION

Flight: 98-010-01
Date: September 17, 1998
Aircraft: DOE B200 Beechcraft
Deployment: RSL-Aug98
Flight Location: Jornada, Sevillita, New Mexico
Principal Investigator: Dr. Anne Kahle (JPL), Dr. Tom Schmugge (USDA)
Additional Sensors: 6" RC-30 (CIR)
Objective: Study the combined use of remote sensing and ground measurements to assess rangeland condition, vegetation community characteristics, and the land surface energy balance.

Calibration and Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data processed by: NASA Airborne Sensor Facility
Level-1B Data Version: 1
Level-1B Configuration File
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: 1
Temperature Adjustment: No
Status: Level-1B data unavailable

Spectral Information
Spectral Channel Summary
Spectral Response Function Table

Data Evaluation

Timecode is offset by 10 hours. ASCOT nav data offset (10:00:36)
Port 3 fails at approximately record 10000, early in the first high altitude flight line.
Port 4 head counts remain above zero because BB1 set to ambient temperature.
Analog offset in port 3 rises to a saturation count level of +/- 13000 during the higher altitude flight lines. It returns to normal when the aircraft descends to 5K feet for the last 3 lines.
More missing scanlines than usuual during this flight, especially track 3.