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MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 03-923
Date: 12 December 2002
Location: Texas to California
Deployment: TX-2002
Principal Investigators: Drs. Paul Menzel & Chris Moeller (UWISC)
Additional Sensors: CPL, MVIS, RC-10 (dual), VIS

Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good

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

Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 8
Scanlines: 54669

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 18:19 - 18:46 310.7 30.949 - 32.942 100.060 - 102.544 9999 19247
2 18:46 - 19:12 309.8 32.943 - 34.904 102.544 - 105.168 9999 19777
3 19:12 - 19:39 310.9 34.905 - 36.925 105.169 - 107.783 9999 19818
4 19:39 - 19:50 313.1 36.925 - 37.786 107.784 - 108.901 4198 19824
5 19:51 - 20:03 297.2 37.809 - 38.346 108.940 - 110.412 4404 19830
6 20:04 - 20:07 273.0 38.406 - 38.406 110.559 - 111.019 1259 19844
7 20:09 - 20:35 231.1 38.353 - 36.454 111.202 - 114.117 9999 19953
8 20:35 - 20:48 231.8 36.453 - 35.538 114.117 - 115.432 4812 20024
Images 01 through 08 in sequence
Flight Summary Report

Mission Objectives

Ferry the ER-2 aircraft back to DFRC, with MAS and CPL instruments.  Non EOS photo work in Utah.

Flight Summary

Take-off at 1800 UTC.  ER-2 landed at about 2130 UTC.

ER-2 flew from SAT towards Utah for photo lines in Southern Utah.  Skies on this transit were partly to mostly cloudy though some clear sky land scenes in NW TX.  Photo lines contained some thin cloud.  ER-2 then proceeded to DFRC.  Scenes on transit to Utah for photo work were primarily partly cloudy over land.  Some clear scenes over land in NV.  Some cirrus scenes in CA.

Highlights

None.

Instrument Status
  • Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Good data.
  • NPOESS Atmospheric Sounder Testbed (NAST-I): Not Flown.
  • Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL): Operated. Good data.
  • Scanner High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS): Not Flown.
  • VIS video camera: Good video data.
  • M/VIS mini video camera: Good video data.
  • RC-10 Cameras: B/W over S. Utah (~20 UTC).
Additional Pilot Notes

None

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Flight 03-923

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Track #02
Texas / New Mexico
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R: 2.15µm
G: 1.64µm
B: 0.55µm