MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

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First ISSCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Dates: 13 May - 9 June 1998 Location: Northern Alaska & Arctic Ocean Principal Investigators: Dr. Michael King (NASA GSFC) Additional Sensors: AirMISR, AMPR, CLS, MIR, HIS, & SSFR Objective: To study the impact of Arctic clouds on radiation exchange between surface, atmosphere, and space. Additional observations include cloud-radiation feedbacks, cloud fraction and vertical distribution, water vapor content, cloud particle concentration and size, and cloud phase properties.
Processing Information Flights Processed: 15 of 15 Total Flight Tracks: 266 Total Scanlines: 1,282,224 Level-1B Version: #02 Calibration Type: Final Calibration Version: FIRE-ACE ARC 1.0 Temperature Adjustment: None Status: Level-1B Data in HDF format is available.
Spectral Information Spectral Band Configuration Spectral Response Function Table
Level-1B Data Distribution Langley Research Center (LaRC) Level 1 / Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS) NASA Distributive Active Archive Centers (DAACs)
FIRE-ACE Missions Click on a Track Map to view a particular mission May 1998 13 May 1998 Flight: 98-063 18 May 1998 Flight: 98-064 20 May 1998 Flight: 98-065 22 May 1998 Flight: 98-066 24 May 1998 Flight: 98-067 26 May 1998 Flight: 98-068 27 May 1998 Flight: 98-069 29 May 1998 Flight: 98-070 30 May 1998 Flight: 98-071 June 1998 01 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-072 02 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-073 03 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-074 04 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-075 06 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-076 08 Jun 1998 Flight: 98-077
Related Web Sites Official FIRE-ACE Home Page AirMISR Home Page AMPR Home Page CLS Home Page MIR Home Page S-HIS Home Page SSFR Information Page NASA Airborne Science Program
CBS News Special Report: 27 May 1998 On a frozen ice pack deep inside the Arctic Circle, a band of scientists hope to unlock the mystery surrounding changes in the Earth's climate. CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen reports.	Ice Station Sheba
CBS News Special Report: 28 May 1998 On assignment inside the Arctic Circle, CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen, Producer Quent Neufeld, and a CBS News camera crew spent three days on an icebreaker locked in the frozen Arctic Ocean 300 miles north of Barrow, Alaska.	Ice Station Sheba

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