UW-SSEC Science Plots (06/11/2005)

NOTES:(updated 13 July 2005)

(1) The Scanning-HIS operated normally for the entire flight. Primary mission of flight was to overfly Tropical Storm Arlene. Bands of high and low clouds over much of the flight. The aircraft flew east over the storm and back to the Houston area.
(2) The Scanning-HIS data are preliminary and will be replaced with final calibrated datasets. Please check the data archive for the most recent calibrated S-HIS data.

Contents:

WB-57 Information
S-HIS Spectral Plots and Data Sample
S-HIS Temperature and Water Vapor Retrieval Products
Radiometric Air Temperature and Lapse Rate Products
Carbon Monoxide Products

WB-57 Information

WB-57 Pilot Flight Summary Report

WB-57 Navigation Data Plots

Scanning-HIS Spectral Plots:

The following plots represent the UW-SSEC Scanning-HIS data collected onboard the NASA WB-57 aircraft as part of the Aura Validation Experiment (AVE) at the time of the Aura overpass near the Louisiana Coast. Note: A larger clear region in the central Gulf of Mexico should also be used for validation.

Matlab m-file script used to create Science Plots

• S-HIS Mean and Std of Unapodized Radiance ( Nadir Matlab mat-file Zenith Matlab mat-file )


• Latitude/Longitude/Altitude ( [The red dots on the lat/lon/alt plot indicate the spectra used to create the time averaged spectral plots shown.]Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Time Series of Observed Brightness Temperatures for selected channels ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Radiance Mean: ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Radiance Std. Deviation: ( [The standard deviation of the scene is the 1-sigma STD (divide by sqrt(NumberOfSamples) to get the uncertainty in the mean).]
  Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Brightness Temperature Mean: ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Brightness Temperature Std Deviation: ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Nadir Brightness Temperature: LW Window ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Zenith Radiance Mean: ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Zenith Radiance Std. Deviation: ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Zenith Radiance: LW Band( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Zenith Radiance: MW Band Matlab fig file , PNG file )
• Zenith Radiance: SW Band Matlab fig file , PNG file )


• Nadir and Zenith Mean Radiance Overlay ( PNG file )

S-HIS Temperature and Water Vapor Retrieval Quicklooks

Radiometric Air Temperature and Lapse Rate Products

• Radiometric Air Temperature and Lapse Rate ( PNG file )
• Radiometric Air Temperature Comparison with MMS Static Temperature ( PNG file )

Carbon Monoxide Products

• Carbon Monoxide Cumulative Total Column Comparison between S-HIS and MOPITT, plotted versus latitude for level leg over Southern Texas at 17km altitude.( PNG file )
• Map showing spatial coincidence between S-HIS track and MOPITT data points ( PNG file )