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FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 02-951
Date: 16 July 2002
Location: Gulf of Mexico / Florida / Atlantic Ocean
Deployment: CRYSTAL-FACE
Principal Investigators: Drs. Michael King & Steven Platnick (NASA GSFC)
Additional Sensors: CoSSIR, CPL, CRS, Dropsondes, EDOP, JLH, MMS,
MTP, RAMS, SSFR

Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good
AQUA Underflight @ 18:03
TERRA Underflight @ 16:34

Processing Information
Level-1B Data in HDF format is available
Flight Line Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Function Table

Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 18
Scanlines: 80288

Browse Imagery Table
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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 18:39 - 18:42 116.0 25.628 - 25.482 81.820 - 81.481 1206 19039
2 18:46 - 19:08 84.6 25.623 - 25.733 81.126 - 78.542 8249 19687
3 19:14 - 19:19 265.6 25.723 - 25.702 78.903 - 79.469 1602 19704
4 19:24 - 19:27 104.7 25.612 - 25.510 79.091 - 78.674 1359 19749
5 19:31 - 19:54 265.5 25.732 - 25.623 78.674 - 81.811 8886 19838
6 19:57 - 20:14 90.1 25.843 - 25.833 81.865 - 79.947 6028 19917
7 20:16 - 20:30 267.6 25.681 - 25.595 79.944 - 81.820 5316 19891
8 20:33 - 20:50 91.7 25.846 - 25.831 81.869 - 79.859 6382 19853
9 20:53 - 21:07 267.4 25.686 - 25.599 79.897 - 81.800 5407 19956
10 21:10 - 21:23 96.7 25.790 - 25.636 81.815 - 80.291 4874 19819
11 21:26 - 21:41 270.3 25.528 - 25.534 80.417 - 82.456 5748 19771
12 21:48 - 22:01 91.5 25.558 - 25.532 82.467 - 80.939 4889 19885
13 22:05 - 22:16 268.5 25.535 - 25.532 81.119 - 82.556 4055 19803
14 22:20 - 22:33 90.6 25.538 - 25.532 82.444 - 80.944 4774 19885
15 22:37 - 22:48 268.0 25.535 - 25.533 81.162 - 82.576 4006 19664
16 22:52 - 23:05 92.7 25.539 - 25.532 82.406 - 80.934 4756 19712
17 23:09 - 23:14 271.7 25.534 - 25.535 81.154 - 81.761 1705 19674
18 23:15 - 23:18 267.4 25.536 - 25.517 81.916 - 82.281 1046 19808
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Track
Brightness
Temperature
Phase
Comparison
Ecosystem
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Flight Summary Report

Mission Number: 6
Mission Scientists: S. Platnick, P. Newman
ER-2 Pilot: J. Barrilleaux
Takeoff: 1410 (UTC)
Landing: 2005 (UTC)
Duration: 5:55 (h:mm)

Sea breeze was expected to develop convection over central Florida in mid-to-late afternoon. Strong ENE winds at 200 hPa and above were expected to advect cirrus blow-off across Florida to the Gulf. Takeoff (2 PM EDT) was timed to the development of the Cb, measurements of the cirrus blow-off, and coordination with eastern ground site observations.

After climbing to altitude, the ER-2 proceeded to waypoint A (25°38' N, 81°04' W) and flew an ENE ground track over the eastern ground site (25° 40' N, 80°25' W) towards waypoint B (25°44' N, 78°33' W). Strong convection developed south of the Tamiami trail with blow-off being carried across Fla into the Gulf region to the west of Florida. NPOL re-directed the ER-2 into a shortened racetrack pattern oriented roughly E-W along the A-B track. This track was then superceded by NPOL for sampling of cirrus blow-off over the Gulf. Three dropsondes were pickled into this cirrus over the Gulf.

Satellite & Ground Site Information

AQUA Overpass @ 1803 (UTC); VZA = 60.91° (relative to ER-2 track)
TERRA Overpass @ 1634 (UTC); VZA = 40.29° (before ER-2 launch)

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 20:01:56 0.39 km
2 20:37:59 0.32 km
Eastern ER-2 Overpasses
Overpass Time (UTC) Min. Distance
1 18:52:24 1.59 km
2 19:44:14 2.47 km
3 20:19:46 1.56 km
4 20:57:13 1.70 km
5 21:22:30 0.26 km

ER-2 Science Instrument Payload Status
  • CoSSIR: Failed at or near start.
  • CPL: Failed at or near start.
  • CRS: Operated; good data.
  • EDOP: Operated; good data.
  • JLH: Operated; best data of deployment so far.
  • MAS: Operated; good data.
  • MMS: Operated; good data.
  • MTP: Operated; good data.
  • RAMS: Operated; good data.
  • SSFR: Operated; good data.
  • Vaisala Dropsonde: 4 dropped; data quality unknown

Aircraft Coordination
  • Takeoff times (UTC): WB-57 (1809)
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Sample Imagery
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Track #05
Southern Florida
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R: 1.64µm
G: 0.66µm
B: 1.90µm

Track #07
Southern Florida
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R: 1.64µm
G: 0.66µm
B: 1.90µm