Airborne POLDER : POLarisation and Directionnality of Earth Reflectances

03 July 2002 (Flight #CF176)

Aircraft Flight Summary
Date: 03 July 2002
Time (Flight): 14:24 to 20:43 UTC
Time (Data): 14:33 to 18:08 UTC
Aircraft Type: Proteus
Aircraft Flight Scientist: Prof. Bill L. Smith
Aircraft Flight Number: CF176
Mission Location: Florida
Lat/Lon Coverage: 24.59-25.15N, 79.60-82.55W
Navigation Statistics: Only during acquisition

Flight Track Map

AirPOLDER Data Summary
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jerome Riedi
Co-PI: Dr. Didier Tanre
Spectral Bands: Configuration
Calibration Type: Preliminary

AirPOLDER Images (quicklook)

Imagery from AirPOLDER Instrument
Total (left) and Polarized (right) radiance at 443nm (top) and 864nm (bottom).

Flight (Mission) Detail by Bill L. Smith

Goals of Flight:

First Checkout Science Flight

Accomplishments of Flight:

Overpassed above both East and West ground stations with straigth legs accross Florida

Some good coordinations with ER2

Location:

Florida - Land

Weather Conditions:

Instrument Problems:

AirPOLDER acquisition system shutdown at 18:08 and didn't reboot. Cause unknown, but coincidence with RSP DC Heaters coming on.

RGB QUICKLOOK

R=864nm G=765nm B=443nm

Flight Log by Jerome Riedi based on flight card from Mike Alsbury

Proteus Flight Log
Time (UTC)	Activity
15:33	ER-2 Over the Top
15:44 15:48	1 Cell West / 1 Cell South; in the clear sky over water, clouds developing on coastline
16:06	ER-2 Overpass - Proteus @ 52000 feet
16:08	NPOL Overpass Westbound
16:21 16:26	Turn over clear air water. Small low clouds
16:38	ER-2 Overpass
16:56	Eastern Ground site overpass
17:01 17:06	Turn around point H2 over clear sky (patchy clouds high and low)
17:12	ER2 Overpass
17:43 17:50	Turn around H1
17:58	ER2 Overpass (+ 17:44 ER2 overpass in turn)
18:04 18:06	NPOL overflight : Clear to South - Thunderstorm to north and east with cirrus bllowoff, turned around to get setup for AQUA overflight.
18:08:11	POLDER Acquisition System Shutdown Improperly for Unknown Reason. (Might be RSP 28V DC heaters which came up at the same time)

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