SUCCESS Campaign
Flight #96-109

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27 April 1996
Track #18


"Thin cirrus over northern Oklahoma"

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27 April 1996
Track #19


"Chaotic cirrus cloud patterns over Oklahoma CART site"

R: 2.15 microns
G: 1.65 microns
B: 0.65 microns
Summary Information
Date: April 27, 1996
ER-2 Flight Number: 96-109
Location: Oklahoma CART Site, Kansas
Principle Investigator: Dr. Brian Toon (NASA Ames)
Additional Sensors: B&W_6"_RC-10, MIR, CLS, RAMS, HIS, EOC

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data Version: #10
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: SUCCESS_Ames 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: No
Status: Final Calibration Done

Flight Track Map

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Level-1B Browse Imagery
Straight Line Flight Tracks: 22
Scanlines Processed: 71174
Solar Azimuth and Zenith Angles
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Lat/Lon ranges are for the BEG-END scanline nadir pixels.
Flight
Track
Standard
Image
Cirrus
Image
Time_Span
(GMT)
Heading
(Deg)
Lat_Range
(Deg_N)
Lon_Range
(Deg_W)
Length
(Scanlines)
1 STD CIR 16:45-16:54 76 36.52-36.72 97.97- 96.77 3207
2 STD CIR 16:57-17:06 257 36.52-36.31 96.70- 97.96 3439
3 STD CIR 17:08-17:20 74 36.50-36.84 98.01- 96.31 4560
4 STD CIR 17:25-17:40 268 36.54-36.43 96.27- 98.47 5960
5 STD CIR 17:45-17:52 77 36.46-36.65 98.22- 97.24 2635
6 STD CIR 17:52-17:55 76 36.66-36.74 97.22- 96.78 1184
7 STD CIR 17:58-18:08 255 36.95-36.68 96.83- 98.21 3867
8 STD CIR 18:12-18:21 77 36.48-36.75 98.10- 96.73 3618
9 STD CIR 18:25-18:38 255 37.02-36.68 96.81- 98.53 4861
10 STD CIR 18:42-18:54 77 36.41-36.73 98.43- 96.85 4152
11 STD CIR 18:57-18:59 255 36.94-36.88 96.89- 97.18 817
12 STD CIR 18:59-19:07 256 36.88-36.66 97.19- 98.31 3163
13 STD CIR 19:11-19:15 77 36.46-36.60 98.21- 97.52 1812
14 STD CIR 19:17-19:20 27 36.71-37.01 97.35- 97.14 1090
15 STD CIR 19:23-19:35 213 37.10-35.94 97.33- 98.25 4607
16 STD CIR 19:39-19:48 30 35.89-36.80 97.98- 97.35 3536
17 STD CIR 19:53-20:02 227 36.82-36.15 97.76- 98.67 3288
18 STD CIR 20:06-20:15 54 36.06-36.68 98.38- 97.36 3357
19 STD CIR 20:18-20:26 237 36.51-36.00 97.22- 98.25 3213
20 STD CIR 20:30-20:40 60 36.20-36.79 98.36- 97.07 3965
21 STD CIR 20:43-20:49 251 36.98-36.76 97.19- 98.05 2359
22 STD CIR 20:53-21:00 63 36.58-36.92 97.93- 97.07 2484
Standard Browse Images 01 through 22 in sequence
Cirrus Detection Browse Images 01 through 22 in sequence

Level-1B HDF Data Distribution Point
NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data Center
NASA DAAC's

Additional Information
The objective of this mission was to coordinate the ER-2, DC-8 and TC-39 aircraft over the ARM CART site during time of NOAA-14 satellite satellite overpass; observe cirrus and contrails during overpass of the NOAA-14 satellite to assist in the development of satellite remote sensing techniques. Also ground-based uplooking and ER-2 based downlooking were combined for more detailed radiative characterization of clouds.

Take-off time was 1600 UTC with landing at 2135 UTC. ER-2 flew to ARM CART site and flew racetrack patterns oriented approximately 10 degrees off the DC-8 orientation and in the opposite direction. At 1916 UTC ER-2 changed orientation of racetrack to be in the principle plane of the sun for coordination with the satellite overpass.

Approximately 20 passes over the ARM CART site including coincident data with NOAA-14 (ER-2 over CART site at 1946 UTC).

The pilot reported solid overcast conditions over the ARM CART site until near the end of the mission when clouds began to break-up north of the site. At 1956 UTC ER-2 passed over a contrail but pilot wasn't sure if it was generated by the DC-8 or commercial aircraft. Pilot noted that from time to time cirrus overcast seemed to be casued by commerical acircraft. Pilot observed contrail remnents during mission.


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