UW-SSEC Science Plots (06/19/2005)

NOTES:(updated 27 July 2005)

(1) The Scanning-HIS operated normally for the entire flight. North/South legs over Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Altitude was mostly at 17km with two dips down to 13km. Skies were mostly clear except for some clouds at the southernmost section over the Gulf.
(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.
(3) The satellite product images are courtesy of the Uni. of Wisconsin-Madison(UW-Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (UW-SSEC) CooperativeInstitute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)in collaboration with NASA and NOAA.

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 for a south to north leg at 19km. The leg covers clear sky over the Gulf of Mexico followed by hazy conditions over Southern Texas. ( PNG file )