MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

Flight Track Map

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
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	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