MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

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ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS (ORACLES) Dates: 3 - 26 September, 2016 Location: Namibia, Africa eMAS Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Platnick (NASA GSFC) Configuration: 38 Channel Additional Sensors: AirMSPI, HSRL-2, RSP, SSFR Objective: Southern Africa produces almost a third of the Earth's biomass burning (BB) aerosol particles, yet the fate of these particles and their influence on regional and global climate is poorly understood. ORACLES is a five year investigation with three Intensive Observation Periods (IOP) designed to study key processes that determine the climate impacts of African BB aerosols.
Processing Information Flights Processed: 12 Total Flight Tracks: 128 Total Scanlines: 1245495 Level-1B Version: 1.0 Calibration Type: Final Calibration Version: 1.0 Temperature Adjustment: None Status: Level-1B data is available in HDF format
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ORACLES eMAS Missions Click on a Track Map to view a particular mission Summer 2016 29 Jun 2016 Flight: 16-942 03 Aug 2016 Flight: 16-949 September 2016 10 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-953 12 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-954 14 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-955 16 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-956 18 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-957 20 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-958 24 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-960 25 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-961 27 Sep 2016 Flight: 16-962 October 2016 27 Oct 2016 Flight: 17-903
Satellite Overpasses Satellite Date Time (UTC) Flight: Track TERRA 9/14/2016 09:31 16-955: 07 A-Train 9/18/2016 13:34 16-957: 12 A-Train 9/20/2016 13:20 16-958: 14 A-Train 9/25/2016 13:40 16-961: 14 A-Train 9/27/2016 13:27 16-962: 12 TERRA 10/27/2016 18:52 17-903: 02
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