Flight #96-088

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02 Apr 1996
Track #04


Mission Summary
Date: April 02, 1996
ER-2 Flight Number: 96-088
Deployment: ARC-Apr96
Flight Location: Mono Lake, California
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zhengming Wan (UCSB)
Additional Sensors: Dual RC-10 (6" BW, 12" CIR), RAMS, CLS
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: No
Status: Completed with final calibration

Flight Track Map

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Level-1B Browse Imagery
Straight Line Flight Tracks: 05
Scanlines Processed: 14920
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 21:24-21:28 68 38.49-38.65 119.85-119.31 1425 ~20000
2 21:31-21:42 181 38.50-37.19 119.13-119.12 4372 ~20000
3 21:45-21:55 0 37.18-38.30 118.88-118.87 3655 ~20000
4 22:01-22:12 182 38.48-37.22 119.00-119.00 4253 ~20000
5 22:14-22:17 258 37.07-37.00 119.18-119.63 1215 ~20000
Images 01 through 05 in sequence

Data Evalutation
Excellent data quality.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

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

Related Web Sites
Cloud Lidar System (CLS)
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA ER-2 Aircraft Program

Sample Image
The image to the left is of the Mono Lake basin with cloud and snow covered Sierra Nevadas to the west (left).

R: 2.15 microns
G: 1.65 microns
B: 0.55 microns


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