Flight #97-064

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04 March 1997
Track 06


Flightline begins over Mesquite Valley and the nearly dry lakebed of Mesquite Lake. The valley is boarded by the Mesquite Mountians to the left (west) and the Spring Mountains to the right (east). Proceeding southeast, the flight moves over the Clark Mountain Range and into the Ivanpah Valley. The distinctive shape of Ivanpah Lake bed, bisected by Interstate 15, is clearly visible. Flight track ends over the New York Mountains.

R: 2.14 microns
G: 1.63 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: Mar 04, 1997
ER-2 Flight Number: 97-064
Deployment: ARC-Mar97
Flight Location: Ivanpah; Southern California
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Green (JPL)
Additional Sensors: 12" RC-10 (CIR), AVIRIS
Objective: MAS and AVIRIS data used to validate and monitor the on-orbit spectral and radiometric calibration of the HSI sensor onboard the Lewis satellite.

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, no changes from preliminary calibration.

Flight Track Map

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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 12
Scanlines Processed: 37039
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 17:59-18:08 95 37.53-37.44 118.56-117.36 3163 ~20000
2 18:09-18:15 147 37.37-36.83 117.22-116.78 2094 ~20000
3 18:16-18:30 125 36.77-35.79 116.68-114.96 5526 ~20000
4 18:30-18:33 127 35.79-35.58 114.96-114.61 1166 ~20000
5 18:44-18:53 289 35.34-35.70 114.66-115.91 3701 ~20000
6 18:59-19:06 161 35.89-35.12 115.71-115.32 2717 ~20000
7 19:13-19:22 337 34.88-35.76 115.25-115.71 3252 ~20000
8 19:24-19:33 206 35.77-34.87 115.97-116.45 3271 ~20000
9 19:33-19:39 216 34.83-34.32 116.47-116.88 1988 ~20000
10 19:39-19:41 247 34.28-34.21 116.93-117.12 575 ~20000
11 19:43-19:47 301 34.24-34.47 117.38-117.85 1533 ~20000
12 19:48-20:09 306 34.53-35.94 117.93-120.31 8053 ~20000
Images 01 through 12 in sequence

Data Evalutation
Data quality is excellent.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration (preliminary)
Spectral Response Files (preliminary)

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

Related Web Sites
NASA ER-2 1997 Flight Summary Reports
JPL AVIRIS Web Page
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA ER-2 Aircraft Program


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