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MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS)

FLIGHT SUMMARY INFORMATION

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Flight: 99-090
Date: 29 June 1999
Location: Monterey Bay, CA / Pacific Ocean
Deployment: DFRC June 1999
Principal Investigator: Conel (JPL) / Marchand (Penn State)
Additional Sensors: AirMISR, RC-10 (12" CIR)
Data Evaluation
Serious banding in channel 2 during portions of the mission (EXAMPLE). It is believed that loose electrical wires in the MAS instrument were the cause of this failure. The problem was repaired post-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: 15
Scanlines: 39558
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 17:08-17:26 275 35.87-35.96 119.50-122.13 6892 ~20000
2 17:26-17:29 267 35.96-35.94 122.18-122.50 829 ~20000
3 17:30-17:43 13 36.05-37.42 122.64-122.34 4662 ~20000
4 17:45-17:47 245 37.54-37.45 122.55-122.81 698 ~20000
5 17:47-17:51 235 37.42-37.18 122.87-123.30 1370 ~20000
6 17:55-18:07 101 36.81-36.58 123.17-121.64 4276 ~20000
7 18:09-18:10 184 36.41-36.26 121.53-121.55 468 ~20000
8 18:10-18:13 196 36.23-35.96 121.56-121.67 922 ~20000
9 18:16-18:29 14 36.04-37.41 121.97-121.67 4655 ~20000
10 18:32-18:36 158 37.38-36.88 121.39-121.15 1768 ~20000
11 18:42-18:55 283 36.58-36.84 120.92-122.80 4890 ~20000
12 18:58-18:59 126 36.63-36.53 122.93-122.76 593 ~20000
13 19:03-19:05 114 36.25-36.16 122.44-122.20 747 ~20000
14 19:05-19:19 135 36.13-35.00 122.14-120.83 5294 ~20000
15 19:21-19:25 91 34.96-34.96 120.70-120.19 1494 ~20000
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Sample Imagery
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Track #9
Pacific Ocean /
Monterey Bay, CA
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R: 2.13µm
G: 1.62µm
B: 0.55µm