MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY INFORMATION

Radar Definition Experiment (RADEX) Part of the Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) Dates: 16 November - 15 December, 2015 Location: Olympic Peninsula, Washington eMAS Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Platnick (NASA GSFC) Configuration: 38 Channel Additional Sensors: AirMSPI, AMPR, CPL, CRS, EXRAD, HiWRAP Objective: The goal of the campaign is to collect detailed atmospheric measurements that will be used to evaluate how well rain-observing satellites measure rainfall and snowfall from space. In particular, OLYMPEX will be assessing satellite measurements made by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Observatory, a joint mission by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which launched in 2014.
Processing Information Flights Processed: 15 Total Flight Tracks: 266 Total Scanlines: 1014613 Level-1B Version: 1.0 Calibration Type: Final Calibration Version: 1.0 Temperature Adjustment: None Status: Level-1B data is available in HDF format
eMAS Spectral Information Spectral Band Configuration Spectral Response Function Table
Level-1B and Level-2 Data Distribution Level 1 and Level 2 / Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS)
Level-1B and Level-2 Data Distribution Level 2 Preliminary Cloud Retrieval Imagery
RADEX eMAS Missions Click on a Track Map to view a particular mission November 2015 09 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-915 10 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-916 17 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-917 18 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-918 23 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-919 24 Nov 2015 Flight: 16-920 December 2015 01 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-921 03 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-922 04 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-923 05 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-924 08 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-925 10 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-926 12 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-927 13 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-928 15 Dec 2015 Flight: 16-929
Satellite Overpasses Satellite Date Time (UTC) Flight: Track TERRA 11/09/2015 19:47 16-915: 03 CloudSat 11/18/2015 21:25 16-918: 14 GPM-CORE 12/03/2015 15:22 16-922: 06 Suomi NPP 12/08/2015 21:22 16-925: 07 TERRA 12/13/2015 19:32 16-928: 13
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