MODIS Airborne Simulator
Field Experiment Data
TRMM-Brazil Campaign
Flight #99-033

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30 Jan 1999
Track 19




R: 2.13 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.65 microns
Mission Summary
Date: January 30, 1999
ER-2 Flight Number: 99-033
Deployment: TRMM-Brazil
Flight Location: Rondonia, Brazil
Principal Investigator: Anthony Guillory (MSFC)
Additional Sensors: MIR, LIP, EDOP, AMPR, VIS
Addtional Note: This mission was a TRMM satelite underpass.

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
Status: Completed with final calibration.

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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 24
Scanlines Processed: 60450
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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_S)
Lon_Range
(Deg_W)
Length
(Scanlines)
01 18:08-18:18 280 11.61-11.43 58.03-59.22 3735
02 18:18-18:40 286 11.41-10.83 59.32-61.85 8010
03 18:41-18:47 268 10.82-10.85 61.95-62.77 2538
04 18:50-18:59 72 10.99-10.68 62.76-61.93 3143
05 19:02-19:08 273 10.86-10.81 61.93-62.64 2183
06 19:11-19:14 69 10.94-10.82 62.60-62.32 1079
07 19:14-19:18 69 10.82-10.63 62.31-61.92 1584
08 19:22-19:28 278 10.81-10.72 61.96-62.73 2345
09 19:34-19:42 134 11.29-11.84 62.78-62.24 2862
10 19:48-19:54 321 11.91-11.31 62.17-62.75 2575
11 20:00-20:09 136 11.13-11.74 62.93-62.35 3142
12 20:13-20:19 0 11.85-11.26 62.48-62.56 1939
13 20:22-20:28 189 11.29-11.93 62.43-62.61 2232
14 20:31-20:36 59 11.82-11.55 62.80-62.45 1622
15 20:36-20:41 42 11.50-11.12 62.42-62.13 1684
16 20:44-20:49 153 11.12-11.61 62.29-62.09 1901
17 20:52-20:57 303 11.50-11.23 62.04-62.51 1626
18 21:00-21:05 142 11.07-11.47 62.42-62.15 1726
19 21:05-21:15 117 11.51-11.96 62.11-61.22 3740
20 21:19-21:25 332 12.05-11.46 61.36-61.76 2213
21 21:26-21:28 70 11.31-11.26 61.71-61.59 450
22 21:28-21:30 70 11.26-11.16 61.59-61.37 898
23 21:31-21:36 82 11.11-11.03 61.24-60.80 1625
24 21:36-21:51 102 11.03-11.32 60.75-59.29 5598
Images 01 through 24 in sequence

Data Evalutation
1) GPS navigation dropouts are infrequent but still occur in this flight.

2) Port 4 LN2 dewar going dry by 2155 hrs GMT; some banding evident in channels 45-50.


Level-1B Data Distribution
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