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FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 02-945
Date: 01 July 2002
Location: California to Florida
Deployment: CRYSTAL-FACE
Principal Investigators: Drs. Michael King & Steven Platnick (NASA GSFC)
Additional Sensors: CoSSIR, CPL, CRS, Dropsondes, EDOP, JLH, MMS,
MTP, SSFR
Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good
Processing Information
Level-1B Data in HDF format is available
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Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 20
Scanlines: 113826
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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 16:47 - 17:14 88.8 35.013 - 35.140 115.633 - 112.038 9999 18493
2 17:14 - 17:16 89.5 35.140 - 35.146 112.038 - 111.744 834 19536
3 17:18 - 17:25 141.9 35.067 - 34.380 111.590 - 110.975 2889 19547
4 17:26 - 17:34 91.3 34.337 - 34.333 110.875 - 109.913 2784 19711
5 17:37 - 17:43 273.3 34.111 - 34.117 109.917 - 110.862 2432 19642
6 17:46 - 18:13 120.4 33.898 - 32.516 110.944 - 107.790 9999 19418
7 18:13 - 18:25 119.0 32.516 - 31.836 107.790 - 106.327 4676 19243
8 18:26 - 18:53 90.3 31.819 - 31.990 106.246 - 102.753 9999 19347
9 18:53 - 18:57 88.9 31.990 - 32.008 102.753 - 102.228 1518 19412
10 18:57 - 19:24 100.6 32.007 - 31.336 102.196 - 98.837 9999 19452
11 19:24 - 19:50 103.8 31.336 - 30.658 98.837 - 95.474 9999 19579
12 19:50 - 20:17 106.4 30.658 - 29.846 95.474 - 92.160 9999 19759
13 20:17 - 20:44 111.7 29.846 - 28.757 92.159 - 88.999 10000 19746
14 20:44 - 20:52 114.1 28.757 - 28.395 88.999 - 88.067 3038 19672
15 20:52 - 21:19 103.8 28.385 - 27.798 88.038 - 84.760 9999 19726
16 21:19 - 21:37 101.3 27.798 - 27.408 84.760 - 82.610 6609 19797
17 21:38 - 21:53 141.5 27.362 - 25.886 82.531 - 81.422 5929 19958
18 22:07 - 22:10 95.8 25.838 - 25.810 81.105 - 80.776 1038 20134
19 22:10 - 22:13 93.7 25.809 - 25.801 80.764 - 80.381 1199 20236
20 22:15 - 22:17 228.7 25.636 - 25.456 80.351 - 80.581 887 19731
Images 01 through 20 in sequence
Flight Summary Report

Mission Number: Ferry flight
Author: S. Platnick
ER-2 Pilot: J. Barrilleaux
Takeoff: 1625 (UTC)
Landing: 2255 (UTC)
Duration: 6:30 (h:mm)

ER-2 ferry flight from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to Key West Naval Air Facility. Overfly six NWS radiosonde sites enroute for MTP calibration. Overfly western and eastern CRYSTAL-FACE ground sites or communication checks and science of opportunity. Route out of Dryden planned for overpass of forest fires in north central Arizona as authorized and paid for by the Dryden airborne sciences program.

The pilot reported ~50% cloud cover with thin cirrus for both runs over the Arizona fires; also reported extensive thunderstorms over Texas.

Satellite & Ground Site Information

Western Site: PARSL, Everglades National Park, Gulf Coast Visitor's Center
Location: 25° 50.0´ N , 81° 23.´4 W (25.83°, -81.39°)

Eastern Site: Kendall-Tamiami Airport
Location: 25° 39.3´ N, 80° 25.9´ W (25.66°, -80.43°)

Western ER-2 Overpasses
Overpass Time (UTC) Min. Distance
1 21:54:24 0.88 km
2 22:04:55 2.89 km
Eastern ER-2 Overpasses
Overpass Time (UTC) Min. Distance
1 22:15:49 5.77 km

ER-2 Science Instrument Payload Status
  • CoSSIR: Operated; good data.
  • CPL: Operated; 1µm detector failed.
  • CRS: Operated; good data. Ground crew to modify fault light procedure for power cycling.
  • EDOP: Operated; good data.
  • JLH: Operated; good data.
  • MAS: Operated; good data.
  • MMS: Operated; good data. Roll, pitch, box maneuver between ground sites.
  • MTP: Operated; good data.
  • RAMS: Not installed on aircraft.
  • SSFR: Operated; good data.
  • Vaisala Dropsonde: No sondes dropped.
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Sample Imagery
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Track #05
Rodeo-Chediski Fire
(Eastern Arizona)
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R: 3.84µm
G: 2.15µm
B: 1.64µm
Track #12
Texas / Louisiana
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R: 1.64µm
G: 0.66µm
B: 1.90µm