Flight #95-153

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03 Aug 1995
Track #04


Broken clouds over Railroad Valley, NV. Foothills of the Pancake Range to the extreme left (west).

R: 2.14 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: August 03, 1995
ER-2 Flight Number: 95-153
Deployment: ARC-Aug95
Flight Location: Railroad Valley, Nevada
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zhengming Wan (UCSB)
Additional Sensors: 12" RC-10 (CIR)
Objective: Validation of an algorithim used to calculate land surface temperatures and emissivity based on thermal infrared data.

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data processed by: Ames Research Center
Level-1B Data Version: #09
Level-1B Configuration: (sample file)
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: 24C
Status: Completed with final calibration

Flight Track Map

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Level-1B Browse Imagery
Straight Line Flight Tracks: 4
Scanlines Processed: 13365
Solar Azimuth and Zenith Angles
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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_N)
Lon_Range
(Deg_W)
Length
(Scanlines)
Altitude
(Meters)
1 19:27-19:28 77 38.35-38.39 119.58-119.35 621 ~20000
2 19:28-19:31 76 38.39-38.46 119.33-119.02 842 ~20000
3 19:31-19:55 76 38.46-39.05 119.00-115.79 8898 ~20000
4 19:56-20:04 178 38.94-38.03 115.65-115.65 3004 ~20000
Images 01 through 04 in sequence

Data Evalutation
In track 1 channels 48-50 show banding that is possibly 400Htz noise. Track 4 is smeared at the start of the flightline. Channels 42 and 48 show port 4 blowoff and subsequent failure (black banding and white background). Channel 49 shows noise-like banding.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

Level-1B Data Distribution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center DAAC

Related Web Sites
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA ER-2 Aircraft Program


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