UW-SSEC Science Plots (10/26/2004)

(1) 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.
(2) The satellite product images are courtesy of the Uni. of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (UW-SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)in collaboration with NASA and NOAA.

Contents:

WB-57 Information
S-HIS Spectral Plots and Data Sample
AURA Products
AQUA Products
TERRA MODIS Cloud Products
 

WB-57 Pilot Photos

WB-57 Pilot Photos

WB-57 Pilot Photos

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).

Complete Flight of Nadir B.T. TIME SERIES: Matlab fig file , PNG file )

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: KB Apodized ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
Nadir Radiance Std. Deviation: KB Apodized ( [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: KB Apodized ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
Nadir Brightness Temperature Std Deviation: KB Apodized ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
Nadir Brightness Temperature: LW Window ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
Zenith Radiance Mean: KB Apodized ( Matlab fig file , PNG file )
Zenith Radiance Std. Deviation: KB Apodized ( 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 )


AURA Products:

aura_track_041026.gif

AQUA Satellite Products

AQUA MODIS Products:

aqua_track_041026.gif
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODIRPHASE.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MCTT.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODCTP.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODCLOUDMASK.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODBAND27.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODBAND28.GIF
AVE_AQUA_20041026_1845UTC_MODBAND31.GIF

AQUA AIRS Products:

AIRS 11.1 micron B.T.
AIRS 3.8 micron B.T.
TERRA MODIS Products:

terra_track_041026.gif
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODIRPHASE.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MCTT.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODCTP.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODCLOUDMASK.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODBAND27.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODBAND28.GIF
AVE_TERRA_20041026_1710UTC_MODBAND31.GIF


created 29 Oct 2004 K. Vinson, UW-SSEC, kenneth.vinson@ssec.wisc.edu