MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

CAMPAIGN SUMMARY INFORMATION

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission -
Dates: 00 January - 18 February 1999
Location: Rondonia, Brazil
Principal Investigators: Dr. Anthony Guillory (NASA MSFC)
Additional Sensors: AMPR & EDOP
Objective: TRMM-LBA is designed to measure tropical precipitation and its variation.
TRMM data will provide the first opportunity to estimate the latent heat released in
the tropics. Data collected will also be used to estimate the vertical profile of tropical
atmospheric heat. Additionally, TRMM data will help to determine the amounts of convective,
stratiform, and total precipitation in the atmosphere; the vertical structure of precipitation;
and the monthly rainfall over large areas in the regions studied during the campaign.

Processing Information
Flights Processed: 14 of 14
Total Flight Tracks:
Total Scanlines:
Level-1B Version: #1
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: TRMM-LBA ARC swap_band 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: None
Status: Level-1B Data in HDF format is available.

Spectral Information
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Function Table

During pre-campaign setup of the MAS instrument, channels 49 and 50 where accidentally transposed. This problem was not discovered until after the MAS instrument was returned to the Ames Research Center. Bands are out of order, but the correct calilbration files have been applied. In essence, data users will see "channel 50 data" in the channel 49 position, and visa versa.

For the duration of this campaign, the ER-2 was based in Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil. Each mission required approximately a two hour flight to and from the study area near Ji-Parana, Rondonia. During these segments of each mission the MAS intrument was not recording data.

Several flights were scheduled to correspond to TRMM satelite overpasses. These flights are noted in the Flight Summaries and Browse Images table.

Level-1B Data Distribution
Level 1 / Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS)
NASA Distributive Active Archive Centers (DAACs)

TRMM-LBA Missions
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January 1999
23 Jan 1999 Flight: 99-029	24 Jan 1999 Flight: 99-030	25 Jan 1999 Flight: 99-031	27 Jan 1999 Flight: 99-032
30 Jan 1999 Flight: 99-033
February 1999
01 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-034	05 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-037	07 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-038	08 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-039
10 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-040	14 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-042	17 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-043	21 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-044
23 Feb 1999 Flight: 99-045