************************************ MAS-50 DATA EVALUATION ********************************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIGHT: 98-067 DATE: 24 May 1998 AIRCRAFT NO. : 809 SITE: Barrow ARM P.I.: King T.O./LAND: 20:10/01:00 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAPE #1: TAPE #2: FILE # DATA TYPE # BLKS BEG/END TIME FILE # DATA TYPE # BLKS BEG/END TIME ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 HEADER 1 N/A / N/A 1 HEADER 1 N/A / N/A 2 Preflight 1834 15:42:27-15:34:48 2 Data 4028 00:12:24-00:23:10 3 Data 88382 19:32:23-23:17:01 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRE-FLIGHT CALIBRATION: Time 15:19:16 Comments: (Lamps, voltage, name of *.rep file, compared with others) Record: 500 SL: 5647 Temp1: 19.39 BB1: 16.46 Measured over 20" hemisphere - No black cloth available Temp2: 20.22 BB2: 36.05 Data matches well with hemisphere test on 5/15/98 and 5/18/98 Temp3: 19.02 Time code failure in the middle of pre-flight test Temp4: 26.11 port 2 and a little better in port 3. BEGINNING (tape 1): Time 20:27:26 Comments: Clear sky over the over the Brooks Range Record: 2 SL: 13788 Band 12 bb and head countslook good Temp1: 14.96 Ports 1 2 and 3 look good Temp2: 15.90 BB1: -9.17 Port 4 disconnected for nitrogen purge Temp3: 10.04 BB2: 22.67 Temp4: 25.78 Middle (tape 1): Time 22:28:30 Comments: Near Barrow. multi-level cloud deck. Record: 43500 SL: 57339 Port 4 disconnected for nitrogen purge Temp1: 18.29 Port 3 video min is lower than the Head 1 and 2 count abd bb1 and 2 Temp2: 17.58 BB1: -1.28 Normal absorbsion feature noise in chs 26,27,33,34 40 and 41 Temp3: 13.89 BB2: 23.27 Temp4: 25.74 END (tape 1): Time: 00:12:08 Comments: Broken wispy clouds over Brooks Range Record: 83383 SL: 98386 Temp1: 18.54 BB1: -1.44 Normal absorbsion feature noise in chs 26,27,33,34 40 and 41 Temp2: 18.09 BB2: 23.35 Temp3: 13.93 Temp4: 25.67 BEGINNING (tape 2): Time 00:12:24 Comments: Multi-layered clouds over the Brooks Range Record: 1 SL: 97730 Only 4028 lines on second tape Temp1: 18.72 Ports 1 2 and 3 look good Temp2: 17.39 BB1: -0.87 Port 4 disconnected for nitrogen purge Temp3: 14.57 BB2: 23.29 Temp4: 25.50 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL-1B NOTES ----------------------------- Level-1b processing needs to be modified so that tback is calculated from band 31 rather than band 45 PORT 4 INFORMATION ----------------------------- Port 4 disconnected for nitrogen purge. INSTRUMENT TEMPERATURE ---------------------- For this flight the bb1 was driven even lower. Don set is at 007 C. It again warmed as the flight progressed but not as much. DATA LOSSES ----------- - tape1. scanline gap between records 1 and 2 scanlines 1-13788 times 20272746 20273581 scanline gap between records 2 and 3 scanlines 13788-13840 times 20273581 20273597 scanline gap between records 20 and 21 scanlines 13857-13860 times 20273903 20273919 scanline gap between records 77589 and 77590 scanlines 91428-91486 times 23552729 23552745 ... reached end of media after record 83833 of file 2 OVERALL QUALITY: Good TOTAL DATA TIME: 5 hr 08 min