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MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 98-071
Date: 30 May 1998
Location: Alaska to California
Deployment: FIRE-ACE
Principal Investigator: King (NASA GSFC)
Additional Sensors: AirMISR, AMPR, CLS, MIR, HIS, SSFR
Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good
Processing Information
Level-1B Data in HDF format is available
Flight Line Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Function Table
Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 21
Scanlines: 89134
Browse Imagery Table
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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 North)		 Lon Range
(Deg West)		 Length
(scanlines)		 Altitude
(meters)
1 21:41-21:54 148 62.01-60.73 142.93-141.17 4995 ~20000
2 21:54-22:07 150 60.73-59.52 141.17-139.64 4640 ~20000
3 22:08-22:21 142 59.46-58.26 139.54-137.65 4994 ~20000
4 22:21-22:34 143 58.26-57.05 137.65-135.91 4953 ~20000
5 22:34-22:48 144 57.05-55.81 135.91-134.27 4996 ~20000
6 22:48-23:01 146 55.77-54.50 134.22-132.68 4995 ~20000
7 23:01-23:15 147 54.50-53.21 132.68-131.23 4995 ~20000
8 23:15-23:17 145 53.20-52.95 131.23-130.96 928 ~20000
9 23:18-23:31 147 52.88-51.56 130.88-129.52 5002 ~20000
10 23:31-23:45 148 51.56-50.24 129.52-128.26 4995 ~20000
11 23:45-23:55 150 50.23-49.22 128.26-127.34 3751 ~20000
12 00:08-00:22 152 47.86-46.49 126.18-125.07 4997 ~20000
13 00:22-00:35 152 46.48-45.09 125.07-124.01 4947 ~20000
14 00:35-00:42 154 45.10-44.35 124.02-123.48 2697 ~20000
15 00:43-00:56 155 44.32-42.96 123.45-122.50 4996 ~20000
16 00:56-01:09 155 42.96-41.57 122.50-121.58 5002 ~20000
17 01:09-01:23 156 41.56-40.19 121.57-120.71 4998 ~20000
18 01:23-01:36 155 40.19-38.80 120.71-119.87 4998 ~20000
19 01:36-01:49 156 38.80-37.44 119.87-119.08 4955 ~20000
20 01:50-01:55 158 37.43-36.88 119.07-118.76 2014 ~20000
21 01:56-01:56 144 36.83-36.76 118.73-118.67 286 ~20000
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Flight Summary Report

Author: N/A
Mission Scientist: N/A
ER-2 Pilot: N/A
Takeoff: 2104 (UTC)
Landing: 0230 (UTC)
Duration: 5:26 (h:mm)

Objective and Summary:

  • Ferry the ER-2 aircraft back to Palmdale, California for quick repairs.

Pilot Report:

  • N/A

Instrument Status:

  • AirMISR (Airborne Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer): N/A
  • AMPR (Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer): N/A
  • CLS (Cloud Lidar System): N/A
  • HIS (High-resolution Interferometer Sounder): N/A
  • MAS (MODIS Airborne Simulator): Worked well
  • MIR (Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer): N/A
  • SSFR (Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer): N/A
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Sample Imagery
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Track #18
Sierra Nevada Mts. /
Lake Tahoe, CA
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R: 2.13µm
G: 0.95µm
B: 0.65µm