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MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 98-072
Date: 1 June 1998
Location: California to Alaska
Deployment: FIRE-ACE
Principal Investigator: King (NASA GSFC)
Additional Sensors: AirMISR, AMPR, CLS, MIR, HIS, SSFR
Data Evaluation
Overall quality is good
Band 10 died near the end of flight
Processing Information
Level-1B Data in HDF format is available
Flight Line Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Function Table
Browse Imagery
Flight Tracks: 20
Scanlines: 88041
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 21:39-21:52 337 38.22-39.63 119.46-120.29 4994 ~20000
2 21:52-22:05 335 39.63-41.02 120.29-121.16 4997 ~20000
3 22:05-22:19 336 41.03-42.43 121.16-122.08 4998 ~20000
4 22:19-22:32 333 42.43-43.82 122.08-123.03 4999 ~20000
5 22:32-22:45 333 43.82-45.17 123.03-124.02 4968 ~20000
6 22:46-22:59 332 45.18-46.52 124.02-125.05 4999 ~20000
7 22:59-23:12 332 46.53-47.85 125.05-126.12 4998 ~20000
8 23:12-23:26 332 47.84-49.17 126.11-127.25 4997 ~20000
9 23:26-23:39 333 49.18-50.50 127.25-128.46 4999 ~20000
10 23:39-23:52 332 50.51-51.81 128.46-129.72 4965 ~20000
11 23:52-23:59 330 51.81-52.42 129.73-130.35 2343 ~20000
12 00:12-00:25 328 53.73-55.02 131.75-133.26 4996 ~20000
13 00:25-00:39 327 55.02-56.28 133.26-134.85 4996 ~20000
14 00:39-00:52 326 56.28-57.53 134.85-136.57 4997 ~20000
15 00:52-00:59 325 57.53-58.18 136.58-137.53 2623 ~20000
16 00:59-01:13 324 58.19-59.49 137.53-139.59 5251 ~20000
17 01:14-01:19 328 59.51-60.03 139.64-140.31 1937 ~20000
18 01:20-01:22 329 60.15-60.35 140.48-140.73 728 ~20000
19 01:23-01:36 327 60.38-61.68 140.76-142.61 4955 ~20000
20 01:36-01:50 327 61.68-63.03 142.62-144.76 5301 ~20000
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Flight Summary Report

Author: N/A
Mission Scientist: N/A
ER-2 Pilot: N/A
Takeoff: 2103 (UTC)
Landing: 0221 (UTC)
Duration: 5:18 (h:mm)

Objective and Summary:

  • Ferry the ER-2 aircraft back to Fairbanks, Alaska to continue the FIRE ACE campaign.

Pilot Report:

  • The ER-2 pilot reported clear skies and nice glacier scenes over Southeast Alaska.

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 #1
Lake Tahoe, CA
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R: 2.13µm
G: 0.95µm
B: 0.65µm
Sample Imagery
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Track #20
Wrangle Mountains, AK
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R: 2.13µm
G: 0.95µm
B: 0.65µm