NASA logo and link
EOSPSO logo and link
ASP logo and link
MAS Banner image

MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

Flight Track Map
track map thumbnail Click map
Flight: 01-052
Date: 21 March 2001
Location: Texas / Louisiana / Gulf of Mexico
Deployment: TX-2001
Principal Investigators: Moeller (UWisc) / Handley (USGS)
Additional Sensors: S-HIS, VIS, 12" RC-10 (CIR), Dual HR-732 (CIR)
Objective: Terra Underpass @16:55 for MODIS IR comparisons; Louisiana wetlands mapping
Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good
The Minco Heater ouput was insufficient to counter the extremely cold ambient air temperatures.
Port 3 (bands 26-41; 3.04-5.44µm) remains noisy, but it's performance remains stable and is much improved over first several flights in this campaign.
Processing Information
Level-1B Data in HDF format is available
Flight Line Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Function Table
Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 25
Scanlines: 132754
Browse Imagery Table
Click a Flight Track number to view a quicklook image
Lat/Lon ranges are for the BEG-END scanline nadir pixels
Flight
Track		 Time Span
(GMT)		 Heading
(Deg)		 Lat Range
(Deg North)		 Lon Range
(Deg West)		 Length
(scanlines)		 Altitude
(meters)
1 13:50-14:17 95 28.44-28.24 96.26-92.75 10002 18812
2 14:17-14:24 97 28.24-28.13 92.75-91.89 2474 19236
3 14:26-14:39 18 28.26-29.68 91.65-91.28 4930 19338
4 14:41-14:45 139 29.72-29.33 91.07-90.71 1636 19391
5 14:48-15:04 285 29.15-29.83 90.80-92.69 6133 19426
6 15:07-15:22 114 29.64-28.90 92.76-90.98 5612 19458
7 15:26-15:41 286 29.16-29.80 90.82-92.58 5768 19436
8 15:44-15:47 102 29.59-29.51 92.62-92.26 1072 19417
9 15:50-15:54 285 29.71-29.82 92.17-92.68 1554 19360
10 15:57-16:12 123 29.66-28.91 92.78-90.99 5727 19327
11 16:16-16:28 296 29.14-29.76 90.80-92.24 4782 19230
12 16:30-16:44 161 29.64-28.15 92.40-91.88 5221 19262
13 16:47-17:01 17 28.17-29.70 91.67-91.27 5202 19248
14 17:02-17:05 92 29.78-29.76 91.11-90.76 980 18708
15 17:08-17:25 271 29.96-29.96 90.74-92.83 6568 18456
16 17:32-17:42 277 30.03-30.04 92.69-93.89 3781 18433
17 17:45-18:12 90 30.24-30.25 93.80-90.18 10000 18423
18 18:12-18:19 89 30.25-30.24 90.18-89.16 2864 18474
19 18:22-18:49 272 30.43-30.44 89.18-92.45 10000 18496
20 18:49-19:00 271 30.44-30.44 92.45-93.71 3966 18576
21 19:05-19:32 90 30.34-30.34 93.86-90.24 10000 18520
22 19:32-19:38 89 30.34-30.34 90.24-89.34 2535 18470
23 19:41-20:08 264 30.14-30.14 89.30-92.53 10000 18521
24 20:08-20:35 269 30.14-30.02 92.53-95.72 10000 18628
25 20:35-20:40 266 30.02-29.97 95.72-96.34 1947 17221
Images 01 through 25 in sequence
page title background image

Flight 01-052

  • + HOME
  • + CAMPAIGNS
  • - MISSIONS
  • + ORDER DATA
  • + IMAGE GALLERY
  • + REFERENCE
  • + CONTACT US
Sample Imagery
Click image for full resolution
Track #11
Atchafalaya Bay, LA
Click to load the full resolution image Flight Direction Indicator
R: 2.13µm
G: 1.62µm
B: 0.55µm