MODIS Airborne Simulator
Field Experiment Data
TRMM-Brazil Campaign
Flight #99-044

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21 Feb 1999

Track 02




R: 2.13 microns
G: 1.62 microns
B: 0.55 microns
Mission Summary
Date: February 21, 1999
ER-2 Flight Number: 99-044
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.

Flight Track Map

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Straight Line Flight Tracks: 23
Scanlines Processed: 60624
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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 17:39-17:46 287 11.61-11.41 58.03-58.84 2603
02 17:46-17:57 283 11.40-11.16 58.85-60.14 4063
03 17:58-18:06 251 11.17-11.48 60.25-61.22 3115
04 18:07-18:20 303 11.46-10.70 61.36-62.72 4867
05 18:24-18:27 98 10.48-10.54 62.54-62.22 1210
06 18:28-18:34 76 10.54-10.39 62.14-61.62 1988
07 18:34-18:38 83 10.38-10.31 61.59-61.13 1721
08 18:40-18:46 160 10.41-10.97 61.01-60.86 2020
09 18:46-18:49 166 10.99-11.34 60.85-60.80 1203
10 18:54-19:01 352 11.18-10.37 61.04-61.23 2706
11 19:05-19:06 163 10.45-10.59 61.00-60.97 506
12 19:07-19:11 188 10.66-11.04 60.97-61.05 1315
13 19:16-19:20 355 10.72-10.26 61.12-61.22 1522
14 19:26-19:31 168 10.12-10.65 61.25-61.19 1889
15 19:32-19:35 161 10.69-11.03 61.18-61.10 1222
16 19:40-19:42 25 11.29-11.12 61.15-61.10 612
17 19:43-19:49 347 11.02-10.30 61.11-61.32 2431
18 19:55-20:06 163 10.11-11.21 61.36-61.10 3976
19 20:14-20:22 353 11.27-10.32 61.14-61.37 3191
20 20:29-20:39 162 10.17-11.21 61.49-61.24 3733
21 20:46-20:56 352 11.29-10.30 61.27-61.51 3416
22 20:59-21:24 114 10.21-11.38 61.22-58.91 9189
23 21:25-21:31 103 11.40-11.55 58.86-58.29 2126
Images 01 through 23 in sequence

Data Evalutation
1) No drop-outs noted in RS232 GPS data.

2) Severe gain shifts in Port 3 and Port 4 channels.


Level-1B Data Distribution
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