MODIS Airborne Simulator
Field Experiment Data
Non-MODIS Related Missions
Flight #98-041

Sample Image
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30 March 1998
Track 01
Scanlines 2500-7026


Mission Summary
Date: Mar 30, 1998
ER-2 Flight Number: 98-041
Deployment: DFRC-Mar98
Flight Location: Southern California
Principal Investigator: Dryden Flight Research Center
Additional Sensors: NAST-I
Objective: NAST-I functional check flight and instrument validation.

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data processed by: Ames Research Center
Level-1B Data Version: #02
Level-1B Configuration: (sample file)
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: No
Status: Completed with final calibration, with changes from preliminary calibration.

Flight Track Map

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Level-1B Browse Imagery
Straight Line Flight Tracks: 2
Scanlines Processed: 10825
Solar Azimuth and Zenith Angles
Browse Images
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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_N)
Lon_Range
(Deg_W)
Length
(Scanlines)
01 20:08-20:26 152 34.64-32.81 118.39-117.11 7026
02 20:29-20:40 316 32.71-33.54 117.34-118.33 3799
Images 01 through 02 in sequence

Data Evalutation
Some 400 Htz noise noted in channels 14-16. Sample one appears to be invalid throughout the data set.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration
Spectral Response Files

Level-1B Data Distribution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center DAAC

Related Web Sites
Airborne Sensors Facility Page
NASA ER-2 Aircraft Program
NASA ER-2 1998 Flight Summary Reports

Sample Image
The image to the left is of a flightline proceeding approximately south-southeast, beginning south of Los Angeles with the Pacific coastline coming into view over Newport Harbor. Continues over the Cleveland National Forest and Camp Pendleton. Image ends over La Jolla Bay and Mission Beach, San Diego.

R: 2.13 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.55 microns

 

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