MODIS Airborne Simulator
Field Experiment Data
Non-MODIS Related Missions
Flight #99-018

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11 Dec 1998
Track 04




R: 2.13 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: December 11, 1998
ER-2 Flight Number: 99-018
Deployment: DFRC-Dec98
Flight Location: Roger' Dry Lake, Edwards AFB local
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Conel (JPL)
Additional Sensors: AirMisr, 12" RC-10 (CIR)
Objective:

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data processed by: Ames Research Center
Level-1B Data Version: #01
Level-1B Configuration: (sample file)
Calibration Type: Final, with bands 49 and 50 swapped
Calibration Version: 1.0
Temperature Adjustment: No
Status: Completed with final calibration.

Flight Track Map

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Level-1B Browse Imagery
Straight Line Flight Tracks: 14
Scanlines Processed: 48512
Solar Azimuth and Zenith Angles
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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 19:24-19:41 173 36.09-34.22 118.08-117.67 6503
02 19:46-19:48 353 34.17-34.35 117.67-117.70 567
03 19:48-20:00 351 34.36-35.78 117.70-118.01 4638
04 20:06-20:20 171 35.75-34.27 118.00-117.68 5259
05 20:25-20:31 350 34.19-34.84 117.67-117.80 2120
06 20:31-20:39 350 34.85-35.78 117.81-118.01 3074
07 20:42-20:57 171 35.81-34.26 118.02-117.68 5535
08 21:01-21:22 350 34.17-36.51 117.66-118.17 7606
09 21:22-21:26 356 36.57-36.97 118.17-118.21 1309
10 21:28-21:35 172 36.97-36.28 118.01-117.85 2425
11 21:35-21:36 180 36.26-36.11 117.85-117.85 517
12 21:37-21:43 195 35.99-35.44 117.88-118.07 1996
13 21:43-21:47 186 35.42-34.94 118.07-118.13 1640
14 21:49-22:03 354 34.99-36.61 118.25-118.45 5323
Images 01 through 14 in sequence

Data Evalutation
During the Dec 98 DFRC flights of the MAS instrument, channels 49 and 50 where accidentally transposed. This problem was not discovered until after the MAS instrument was returned to the Ames Research Center in early March, 1999 from TRMM-LBA deployment in Brazil. Therefore, bands are out of order, but the correct calilbration files have been applied. In essence, data users will see "channel 50 data" in the channel 49 position, and visa versa.

Spectral Summary
Spectral Band Configuration (final)
Spectral Response Files (final)

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 1999 Flight Summary Reports
Scanning High Resolution Interferometer Sounder (Scanning HIS)
Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (AirMISR)

Sample Image
This southbound flightline begins over the Sierra Nevada Mountains at Owens Peak. It then crosses Route 14, the El Paso Mountains, and Koehn Dry Lake. The flightline proceeds south over the Mojave Desert where Edwards Air Fore base and Roger's Dry Lake are visable. It ends over the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, northwest of San Bernardino.


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