AIRS Aircraft Validation Cases

This site lists high altitude aircraft flights collected by the University of Wisconsin and NASA Langley Research Center during the first year of AIRS validation (July 2002 - June 2003). Only a subset of these potential cases will be useful for detailed comparison and analysis. AIRS granules shown in bold are coincident overpasses.
 
Experiment Flight Date
(UTC)		 Time Range (UTC) Aircraft Platform  Aircraft Instruments AIRS Granule Comment
CRYSTAL-FACE 26 July 2002 ? PROTEUS NAST-I/-M ? Ocean/P.Cloudy/Aqua
SGP-UAV 06 Nov 2002 PROTEUS S-HIS 93,94,204 CA-OK Ferry Flight
SGP-UAV 11 Nov 2002 PROTEUS S-HIS 80,191 SGP
SGP-UAV 13 Nov 2002 PROTEUS S-HIS 78,189 SGP
SGP-UAV 14 Nov 2002 PROTEUS S-HIS 85,196 SGP
SGP-UAV 16 Nov 2002 17:45-20:30 PROTEUS S-HIS 83,194 SGP/Clear/Aqua
TX-2002 19 Nov 2002 18:43-20:13 ER-2 NAST-I 199 CA-TX Ferry
TX-2002 21 Nov 2002 14:49-20:50 ER-2 S-HIS/NAST-I 86,196,197 Gulf/Clear/Aqua
TX-2002 22 Nov 2002 15:54-19:03 ER-2 S-HIS/NAST-I 77,78,188,204 CART/Clear/Terra
TX-2002 23 Nov 2002 16:23-21:05 ER-2 S-HIS/NAST-I 84,85,194,195 Coast/Clear/Aqua
TX-2002 24 Nov 2002 15:21-19:07 ER-2 S-HIS/NAST-I 75,202 P.Cloudy/Terra
TX-2002 27 Nov 2002 16:11-17:55 ER-2 S-HIS 80,81,207 Texas/Cirrus/Terra
TX-2002 29 Nov 2002 14:54-18:36 ER-2 S-HIS 189,205 CART/Cirrus/Terra
TX-2002 06 Dec 2002 05:30-09:05 ER-2 S-HIS 79,80,189,190 Night/Overcast/Aqua
TX-2002 07 Dec 2002 16:55-21:10 ER-2 S-HIS 86,87,196,197 SGP/Cirrus/Aqua
TX-2002 10 Dec 2002 15:30-18:25 ER-2 S-HIS 75,76,201,202 GOM/Cloudy/Terra
TX-2002 11 Dec 2002 17:00-21:30 ER-2 S-HIS 82,83,192,193 GOM/Cloudy/Aqua

Notes:

  1. 26 July 2002: Clear AIRS FOV off east coast of Florida with coincident NAST-I observations.
  2. 16 Nov 2002: S-HIS/AIRS clear sky comparison at SGP CART site in north central Oklahoma.
  3. 21 Nov 2002: Daytime severe clear over the Gulf of Mexico. AIRS radiance validation case.
  4. 22 Nov 2002: Daytime severe clear over SGP ARM site. Terra only. Coincident with ground survey.
  5. 19-24 Nov 2002: NAST-I performance is degraded. 24 Nov is best S-HIS/NAST-I comparison.
  6. 29 Nov 2002: Exceptional thick cirrus case at SGP CART site and Terra underflight.

contact: robert.knuteson@ssec.wisc.edu
revised: 14 Jan 2003