ER-2 Flight: 96100

Date: April 8, 1996

Mission: Ferry flight from Moffett Field CA to Salina KS.

Mission Objectives

Get to Salina!

Flight Summary

The ER-2 transited from Ames to Salina, KS., observed contrails over the Mono Lake region, and collected HIS data over the Rocky Mountains under clear sky conditions.

Flight Track

Highlights

MAS viewed contrails near the Mono Lake region. Interesting HIS spectra collected over clear sky Rocky Mountain scenes.

Instrument Status

• Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Good data collected.
• Cloud Aerosol Lidar System (CALS): Not operated.
• High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (HIS): Operated. Good data collected.
• Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer(MIR): Operated. Good Data.
• Tilt Scan CCD Camera (TSCC): Operated - data quality unkown at this time.
• Radiation Measuring System (RAMS): Not flown.
• RC-10 Camera: Operated.

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