Flight #96-161

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14 August 1996
Track #01


Flightline following the Canam Highway south through Saskatchewan, Canada. Image begins over the Thunder Hills, with Montreal Lake visible in the east (left) side of the image. Directly south of Montreal Lake is Bittern Lake; to the the southwest is Waskesiu Lake. Flightline ends north of the town of Prince Albert.

R: 2.15 microns
G: 1.65 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: Aug 14, 1996
ER-2 Flight Number: 96-161
Deployment: BOREAS
Flight Location: Prince Albert, Canada
Principal Investigator: Dr. Piers Sellers (GSFC)
Additional Sensors: Dual 12" RC-10 (CIR), AVIRIS
Objective:

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: 27
Scanlines Processed: 87746
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 15:23-15:34 47 49.12-49.95 114.66-113.23 4033 ~20000
2 15:34-15:57 48 49.97-51.63 113.22-110.07 8609 ~20000
3 15:57-16:19 55 51.66-52.94 110.03-106.53 8320 ~20000
4 16:20-16:30 1 53.02-54.08 106.41-106.41 3521 ~20000
5 16:30-16:33 360 54.09-54.48 106.41-106.41 1288 ~20000
6 16:36-16:44 180 54.43-53.49 106.11-106.11 2987 ~20000
7 16:48-16:58 0 53.39-54.47 106.26-106.26 3565 ~20000
8 17:00-17:08 180 54.44-53.49 105.96-105.96 3068 ~20000
9 17:11-17:16 10 53.51-54.04 106.25-106.09 1742 ~20000
10 17:16-17:19 28 54.09-54.38 106.07-105.75 1121 ~20000
11 17:21-17:29 180 54.31-53.43 105.40-105.40 2856 ~20000
12 17:32-17:37 0 53.42-53.96 105.11-105.11 1743 ~20000
13 17:37-17:39 360 53.96-54.21 105.11-105.11 803 ~20000
14 17:42-17:49 180 54.29-53.46 105.25-105.26 2713 ~20000
15 17:52-18:00 360 53.48-54.35 104.97-104.96 2831 ~20000
16 18:02-18:09 180 54.36-53.60 104.68-104.68 2465 ~20000
17 18:13-18:21 359 53.43-54.37 104.82-104.82 3043 ~20000
18 18:23-18:30 180 54.32-53.60 104.54-104.54 2326 ~20000
19 18:34-18:39 286 53.86-54.01 104.43-105.38 1892 ~20000
20 18:41-18:44 231 53.95-53.75 105.64-106.06 1065 ~20000
21 18:44-18:57 230 53.74-52.78 106.08-107.97 4779 ~20000
22 18:57-19:09 227 52.79-51.81 107.96-109.75 4771 ~20000
23 19:10-19:11 227 51.78-51.67 109.79-109.97 492 ~20000
24 19:11-19:30 233 51.66-50.34 110.01-112.57 6856 ~20000
25 19:30-19:48 231 50.34-49.00 112.55-114.92 6847 ~20000
26 19:48-19:55 232 48.98-48.53 114.94-115.81 2465 ~20000
27 19:56-20:00 267 48.50-48.49 115.96-116.67 1545 ~20000
Images 01 through 27 in sequence

Data Evalutation
Track 1, channel 48, shows intermittent black bands across flightline. Some
noise in ports 3 and 4 during the later half of the flight. Additionaly,
onboard heaters failed during the flight, calibration is therefore suspect.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

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

Related Web Sites
Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS)
JPL AVIRIS Web Page
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA ER-2 Aircraft Program


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