MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

Flight Track Map

Flight: 99-058
Date: 31 March 1999
Location: Wisconsin / Iowa
Deployment: WINTEX
Principal Investigator: Moeller (UWisc)
Additional Sensors: NAST-I, NAST-M, RC-10 (12" BW), SHIS, VIS

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: 5
Scanlines: 15773

Browse Imagery Table
Click a Flight Track number to view a quicklook image 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	16:28-16:38	224	44.28-43.42	87.98-88.96	3766	~20000
2	16:39-16:41	226	43.35-43.22	89.04-89.21	605	~20000
3	16:41-16:43	227	43.21-43.07	89.22-89.42	699	~20000
4	16:43-16:56	242	43.04-42.30	89.51-91.13	4796	~20000
5	17:02-17:18	58	42.24-43.18	91.25-89.19	5907	~20000
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Objective and Summary:

Take-off was at 1600 UTC. ER-2 landed early at 1800 UTC due to rising local winds.

ER-2 spiraled up from Truax and towards GRB and turned back to get on NE to SW oriented (240 deg) flight line (43:09.6n 89:14w to 42:18n 91:07w). This line is oriented upwind at cirrus level (20 to 25K ft). On first leg, patchy cirrus right over HSRL site (1642 UTC). Thinner cirrus upwind. On 2nd leg (return towards MSN), only very thin cirrus as cirrus continued to dissipate (SSEC at 1717 UTC). After 2nd leg, pilot advised to return for landing due to local winds rising. HSRL operating. AERI on roof at SSEC was operative. CLASSonde launched at 1615UTC (good flight).

Flight 99-058

Sample Imagery
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Track #4 Wisconsin / Iowa

R: 2.13µm G: 1.62µm B: 0.55µm

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Last Updated: November 16, 2021