Flight #96-089

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03 Apr 1996
Track #05


Mission Summary
Date: April 03, 1996
ER-2 Flight Number: 96-089
Deployment: ARC-Apr96
Flight Location: Mono Lake, California (night flight)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zhengming Wan (UCSB)
Additional Sensors: none
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: 07
Scanlines Processed: 16462
Solar Azimuth and Zenith Angles
Browse Images
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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 02:19-02:25 69 38.23-38.50 120.66-119.80 2246 ~20000
2 02:25-02:28 68 38.51-38.63 119.75-119.32 1166 ~20000
3 02:31-02:42 180 38.49-37.20 119.13-119.13 4261 ~20000
4 02:46-02:55 357 37.30-38.31 118.87-118.87 3333 ~20000
5 03:00-03:12 181 38.53-37.20 119.00-119.00 4372 ~20000
6 03:13-03:15 258 37.12-37.04 119.12-119.33 604 ~20000
7 03:15-03:16 256 37.05-37.01 119.35-119.53 480 ~20000
Images 01 through 07 in sequence

Data Evalutation
No problems with data set.

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

Sample Image
The flightline image to the left is of a night flight over the Mono Lake Basin.

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


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