MODIS Airborne Simulator
Field Experiment Data
FIRE-ACE Campaign
Flight #98-063

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13 May 1998
Track #13


"Clouds cover the Queen Charlotte Sound, Canada"
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13 May 1998
Track #19


"Glaciers and thin cirrus cover the Saint Elias Mountains"

R: 2.13 microns
G: 0.95 microns
B: 0.65 microns

Summary Information
Date: May 13, 1998
ER-2 Flight Number: 98-063
Location: California to Fairbanks, Alaska
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael King (NASA GSFC)
Additional Sensors: AMPR,MIR,CLS,HIS,SSFR,AirMISR

Level-1B Processing Information
Level-1B Data Version: #02
Calibration Type: Final
Calibration Version: FIRE-ACE_Ames 1.0
Details: Configuration and Calibration
Temperature Adjustment: No
Status: Processed with Final Calibration

Flight Track Map

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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 22
Scanlines Processed: 101368
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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 16:34-16:48 285 35.70-36.06 119.91-121.79 5204
02 16:49-17:00 10 36.19-37.47 121.92-121.64 4105
03 17:02-17:15 348 37.63-39.14 121.66-122.03 4996
04 17:15-17:28 350 39.14-40.65 122.03-122.42 4994
05 17:28-17:41 350 40.66-42.06 122.42-122.79 4564
06 17:41-17:54 349 42.07-43.60 122.80-123.21 5001
07 17:54-18:07 351 43.61-45.16 123.21-123.65 5000
08 18:08-18:21 350 45.16-46.70 123.65-124.12 5000
09 18:21-18:34 349 46.70-48.24 124.11-124.61 5000
10 18:35-18:38 324 48.35-48.58 124.68-124.93 903
11 18:38-18:48 333 48.61-49.58 124.95-125.76 3562
12 18:48-19:01 333 49.59-50.97 125.76-126.98 5000
13 19:01-19:14 331 50.97-52.33 126.99-128.27 4994
14 19:14-19:28 330 52.33-53.68 128.27-129.65 5000
15 19:28-19:41 328 53.68-55.02 129.66-131.13 4995
16 19:41-19:54 327 55.02-56.33 131.13-132.69 4969
17 19:55-20:08 325 56.33-57.63 132.70-134.39 4937
18 20:08-20:18 324 57.64-58.63 134.40-135.80 3899
19 20:19-20:32 323 58.66-59.91 135.83-137.76 5000
20 20:32-20:45 321 59.92-61.15 137.76-139.85 5000
21 20:45-20:59 319 61.15-62.36 139.85-142.13 4999
22 20:59-21:10 317 62.36-63.34 142.13-144.20 4246
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Evaluation Report

Level-1B HDF Data Distribution
Order Form (NASA LaRC Atmospheric Sciences Data Center)
ER-2 Flight Log

Objective:

    The objective of this flight was to deliver the ER-2 aircraft and MAS instrument to Fairbanks, Alaska.

Pilot Report:

    California Valley was mostly cloudy. Nice snow and ice scenes over southeast Alaska. Broken clouds over snow covered mountains further north.

Instrument Status:

    All port 4 bands (#42-50) are dead.

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