UW-SSEC Science Plots (10/31/2004)
NOTES:(updated 31 Oct 2004)
(1) The Scanning-HIS operated normally until 20:06 UTC, at which point the instrument lost signal from the calibration blackbodies. The data prior to this failure is nominal and includes the AURA overpass time.
(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) 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: ( 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 )
SHIS for TES Validation Spectral Images
The following images were created to demonstrate the Scanning-HIS coverage of the TES spectral bands. The images also demonstrate the importance of having a uniform scene for use in validating TES radiances.
- An imageand Matlab fig file of a reference set of S-HIS mean spectra taken from near the AURA overpass time.
- An image and Matlab fig file of a set of S-HIS mean spectra taken from 3.4 minutes before the reference set.
- An image and Matlab fig fileof a set of S-HIS mean spectra taken from 4.5 minutes after the reference set.
AURA Products:
