SCAR-B Campaign
Flight #95-161
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18 August 1995
Track #10


"Multiple fires and smoke near the Sao Manuel River, Brazil"

R: 2.14 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Summary Information
Date: August 18, 1995
ER-2 Flight Number: 95-161
Location: Central Brazil
Principle Investigator: Yorum Kaufman
Additional Sensors: VIS,CLS,AVIRIS

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data Version: #09
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: SCAR-B_King 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: Yes (24C)
Status: Done!

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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 17
Scanlines Processed: 97738
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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_S)
Lon_Range
(Deg_W)
Length
(Scanlines)
Altitude
(Meters)
1 16:57-17:03 306 14.11-13.66 49.33-49.88 2297 ~20000
2 17:06-17:31 40 13.36-11.16 49.87-48.00 9472 ~20000
3 17:37-18:00 219 11.43-13.37 47.81-49.46 8677 ~20000
4 18:04-18:28 38 13.57-11.55 49.27-47.52 8817 ~20000
5 18:32-18:43 221 11.73-12.68 47.26-48.08 4320 ~20000
6 18:43-18:56 220 12.69-13.74 48.09-49.00 4707 ~20000
7 18:59-19:21 313 13.65-12.00 49.30-51.01 8038 ~20000
8 19:21-19:36 291 11.96-11.34 51.08-52.56 5401 ~20000
9 19:36-19:50 294 11.34-10.70 52.56-54.03 5390 ~20000
10 19:50-20:07 294 10.69-9.93 54.04-55.78 6433 ~20000
11 20:08-20:24 270 9.92-9.92 55.83-57.59 6039 ~20000
12 20:28-20:41 88 10.23-10.23 57.63-56.09 5007 ~20000
13 20:42-20:44 88 10.23-10.23 55.98-55.83 488 ~20000
14 20:44-21:06 110 10.26-11.13 55.75-53.42 7964 ~20000
15 21:06-21:27 107 11.13-11.98 53.42-51.05 7953 ~20000
16 21:28-21:43 147 12.07-13.58 50.96-49.97 5765 ~20000
17 21:44-21:46 131 13.63-13.82 49.92-49.68 970 ~20000
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Additional Information
The objective of this flight was to coordinate the ER-2 and C-131A airraft in the region of the cerrado northwest of Brasilia, in the direction of Porto Nacional. Following the coordination, and mapping of the bi-directional reflectance function of the cerrado, the ER-2 flew to Alta Floresta, in the vicinity of more numerous fires and smoke. The ER-2 aircraft also overflew a cloudy sunphotometer site at Alta Floresta before returning home after sunset.

The ER-2 pilot observed a large fire, smoke, and capping cumulonimbus at 19:28 GMT. Data from the ER-2 showed the fire temperature exceeded 500K and generated a great deal of smoke which entered the cloud. The cloud top temperature was around -3C.


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