Flight #96-144

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05 July 1996
Track #19


Begins over the upper Potomac River, south of Washington, D.C. Follows the Potomac past the Port Tobacco and Wicomico Rivers to Saint Clements Island. The Rappahannock River is to the left of the Potomac at the end of the flightline.

R: 2.15 microns
G: 1.65 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: July 05, 1996
ER-2 Flight Number: 96-144
Deployment: pre-TARFOX
Flight Location: Wisconsin and Indiana
Principal Investigators: Dr. Baumgardner (Purdue) and Dr. John Aber (UNH)
Additional Sensors: 12" RC-10 (CIR), AVIRIS
Objective: Forest species composition and canopy chemistry; collect AVIRIS data at Lewis HSI sites; and provide field validation of MODIS algorithms prediction NPP, LAI, and land cover (Aber).

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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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 21
Scanlines Processed: 77481
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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 14:32-14:48 292 37.53-38.16 77.58-79.77 5886 ~20000
2 14:48-15:03 290 38.16-38.75 79.76-81.98 5875 ~20000
3 15:04-15:26 294 38.76-39.81 82.01-85.06 8225 ~20000
4 15:27-15:31 1 39.92-40.34 85.15-85.15 1364 ~20000
5 15:33-15:39 253 40.44-40.25 85.41-86.24 2146 ~20000
6 15:39-15:43 251 40.24-40.09 86.25-86.88 1600 ~20000
7 15:45-15:48 2 40.18-40.57 87.04-87.04 1307 ~20000
8 15:49-15:56 321 40.66-41.34 87.07-87.80 2789 ~20000
9 15:56-16:17 325 41.35-43.28 87.80-89.75 7715 ~20000
10 16:18-16:21 2 43.35-43.73 89.79-89.79 1251 ~20000
11 16:24-16:46 116 43.80-42.65 89.51-86.52 8256 ~20000
12 16:46-16:49 118 42.64-42.48 86.53-86.15 1065 ~20000
13 16:49-17:14 115 42.47-41.28 86.10-82.66 9374 ~20000
14 17:14-17:39 115 41.27-39.99 82.65-79.38 9363 ~20000
15 17:39-17:51 113 39.98-39.47 79.37-77.93 4151 ~20000
16 17:51-17:53 110 39.46-39.38 77.90-77.64 735 ~20000
17 17:53-17:57 117 39.38-39.15 77.63-77.12 1556 ~20000
18 17:58-18:00 172 39.03-38.87 77.04-77.02 529 ~20000
19 18:00-18:07 169 38.83-38.03 77.02-76.85 2638 ~20000
20 18:07-18:10 176 37.99-37.64 76.84-76.83 1139 ~20000
21 18:12-18:14 108 37.49-37.45 76.69-76.51 517 ~20000
Images 01 through 21 in sequence

Data Evalutation
Data quality is nominal, however, track 10, channel 5 shows static.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

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

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


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