Contents:

• What's new:
  AirMISR flight requests for FY02
   
• Experiment overview matrix
• Validation data products
• Program overview documents
• Publications
• Where to go next

Experiment overview matrix:

Golden Day data sets are those in which simultaneous MISR and aircraft or in-situ data were acquired simultaneously (postlaunch)
or experiment objectives met (prelaunch).

Date	Site	Purpose	PI	Data sets acquired
06Jun-30Jun01 Golden Data Set	Rogers Dry Lake, Lunar Lake, and Railroad Valley	MISR Vicarious Calibration	Bruegge	30Jun best data set. MISR, AirMISR, Landsat, AVIRIS data sets were acquired. Kurt Thome collected field data at both Railroad Valley and Lunar Lake Nevada. [Experiment summary]
08Mar01	Steamboat Springs, Colorado	Snow and Ice	Anne Nolin	AirMISR, JPL in-situ including the Reagan, Cimel, MFRSR, and PARABOLA. No MISR data acquired due to cloudy conditions. [Experiment summary] [Aerosol summary plot (PDF)]
13Aug01 - 25Sep01 Golden Data Set	Southern Africa	Winter fire season	SAFARI 2000	MISR, AirMISR, JPL in-situ [Experiment summary]
11Jun00 Golden Data Set	Lunar Lake, Nevada	These data are used to provide the first Vicarious Calibration of MISR.	CalVal team	Three AirMISR overpasses of Lunar Lake were made on this day. Run 3 was co-incident with Terra overpass. Simultaneous satellite data were acquired from MISR, MODIS, Landsat, and IKONOS. Available in-situ data include Reagan, Cimel, MFRSR, and PARABOLA. See flight plan.
12Mar00 Golden Data Set	ARM site, Lamont, OK	This experiment was designed to acquire clear sky observations in conjunction with the surface radiometers present at the ARM site in Lamont, Oklahoma. Conditions were hazy, with clouds moving in during the data acquisition. Nevertheless, a successful MISR, AirMISR, and field instrument comparison should be possible. See ARM summary report (4 MB PDF file)	John Martonchik	Four AirMISR overpasses were made on this day. The first two were the Terra ground track and back. Consecutive passes included the principal plane and its perpendicular. Concurrent ARM and JPL field instrumentation data were acquired.
03Mar00 Golden Data Set	ARM site, Lamont, OK	This experiment was designed to acquire cloud observations in conjunction with radars and lidars present at the ARM site in Lamont, Oklahoma. All objectives were met. See ARM summary report (4 MB PDF file)	Roger Marchand	Five AirMISR overpasses were made on this day. The first and last went North to acquire a clear scene over Wisconsin. Three runs were acquired over the ARM site, under cloudy skies. Concurrent observations with ARM instruments and the JPL PARABOLA and ASD were made. This is our first AirMISR flight with concurrent MISR data acquisition.
19-22Oct99 Golden Data Set	Lake Tahoe, CA	The Lake Tahoe experiment was designed to acquire observations of smoke, resulting from prescribed burns set by the California Parks and Recreation Department, over deep waters of the lake. See Lake Tahoe summary report	Val. team	19Oct: made 6 AirMISR runs over the target. Concurrent with these, measurements were acquired from a cruise ship, the Tahoe Gal. These included observations using the PARABOLA, ASD, Reagan, Cimel,and MFRSR.
11-18Jul99 Golden Data Set	Konza Prairie LTER Manhattan , KS	Konza Prairie Validation Experiment (KonVEx), the study of vegetation bi-directional reflectance. See Konvex experiment summary report	John Martonchik, Wedad Abdou, Ranga Myeni, David Meyer, Diane Wickland	13Jul, AirMISR (Run#2 made target for all nine angles); Continuous measurements from the Reagan, CIMEL, MFRSR. Samples of PARABOLA and ASD over burned/ unburned flat grassland; LAI/ FPAR and GPS data were acquired by the USGS. See also aerosol summary plot (PDF).
30Jun99	Marina, CA	Cloud study in conjunction with UARS; ER-2 runs 1,2: cloud deck (*); ER-2 runs 3,4: ground site with radar and sunphotometers (*) *=Terra flight path and orthogonal	Graeme Stephens	UARS: Oxygen A sensor; AirMISR (ER-2); MODIS Airborne Simulator, MAS (ER2); Vertical profiles of particles (Twin Otter); Downwelling radiance and flux (Twin Otter); Radar (Twin Otter and ground site); Reagan, CIMEL, and MFRSR sunphotometers (at ground radar site). See also aerosol summary plot (PDF)..
29Jun99 Golden Data Set	Marina, CA	Aerosol retrieval over dark ocean; ER-2 runs 1,2: deep ocean about 12 miles off the coast (*); ER-2 runs 3,4: ground site with radar and sunphotometers (*); ER-2 run 5: cloud deck *=Terra flight path and orthogonal	Ralph Kahn, John Martonchik, Roger Marchand	AirMISR (ER-2); MODIS Airborne Simulator, MAS (ER2); Vertical profiles of particles (Twin Otter); Downwelling radiance and flux (Twin Otter); Radar (Twin Otter); Reagan, CIMEL, and MFRSR sunphotometers (at ground radar site); Ocean buoys (3). See also aerosol summary plot (PDF).
07May99	Tahoe City, CA	Aerosol retrieval over water	Val. team	Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results Go to CIMEL results
08Mar99	Buena Vista, CA	Aerosol retrieval over water	Val. team	Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results Go to CIMEL results
11Dec98 Golden Data Set	Roger's Dry Lake, CA	AirMISR vicarious calibration	Val. team	AirMISR Flight #26, 6 runs (3 up and down passes); Complete complement of field data (Reagan, PARABOLA, CIMEL, MFRSR, ASD, photography); Conditions: clear, dry. Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results Go to CIMEL results Go to ASD results
7-11Dec98	Roger's Lake	Reagan sunphotometer calibrations	Val. team	The Reagan calibrations have been updated based upon four clear-day observations. Dec. 8th was cloudy. Internal memorandum: sdfm#198
5Dec98	JPL	AirMISR engineering check-out	Val. team	AirMISR Flight #24, 2 runs. Reagan sunphotometer on roof of JPL Bldg. 169; Conditions: clear, dry.
29Jul- 10Aug98	Pacific Northwest		J. Conel	Internal sdfm#193; Sunphotometer data acquired.
Jun98	Lunar Lake, Nevada	EOS intercomparison	EOS	MISR participation cancelled. AirMISR in undergoing refurbishment.
May98	FIRE III	Arctic cloud detection/ sea ice site	Roger Marchand	35 runs acquired; Success: good data set on June 3
10May98	Rogers Dry Lake	Vicarious calibration over uniform target	Val. team	Internal memorandum: sdfm#169; Field data (Reagan and MFRSR) acquired.
20Mar98	JPL	Engineering check-out	CIMEL on roof	AirMISR and CIMEL co-incident data available.
12Mar98	Rogers Dry Lake	Vicarious calibration over uniform target	MISR validation team	AirMISR overpass. No field data - team at Mammoth.
10Mar98	Mono Lake, CA	Snow and ice studies	Anne Nolin	Internal memorandum: sdfm#176; Parabola data acquired Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results
11Nov97	Moffet field, CA	MISR engineering flight. Vicarious calibration procedure run-through.	MISR validation team.	AirMISR acquired imagery over hanger area. Co-incident sunphotometry acquired. Surface characterized with the ASD a few days later. Publication submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to ASD results
8Aug97	Moffett field	Engineering check-out		AirMISR flight. One complete run (9 cameras).
24Jun97	Lunar Lake, NV	Joint vicarious calibration campaign	Kurt Thome	Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results Go to CIMEL results Go to ASD results
25-29May97	Jornada, NM	sparse desert vegetation	Val. team	Reagan, PARABOLA, and MFRSR data acquired.
11Apr97	Moffett field	Engineering checkout		AirMISR flight. Acquired 4 camera images.
02Jun96	Lunar Lake, NV	Joint vicarious calibration campaign	Kurt Thome, Steve Schiller, K. Arai, S. Tsuchida	Results published in Metrologia, 35, 631-638, 1998. Internal memorandum: sdfm#85, 87, 90 Plot of aerosol summary (PDF file) Go to Reagan results Go to MFRSR results Go to ASD results
4-6Aug94	Table Mountain	Sunphotometer calibration

Validation data products:

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• AirMISR data
• ASD data
• CIMEL data
• MFRSR data
• PARABOLA data
• Reagan sunphotometer data

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AirMISR data:

AirMISR Campaign Schedule: [Fiscal Year 2001 (GIF)] [Fiscal Year 2002 (PDF)]

AirMISR Flight Log (JPL internal) (PDF file)

Location	Date (Products) Pink - released to DAAC	Processing summary
Steamboat Springs, CO	08 March 2001 (L1B2)	Runs 2 and 4 acquired the target
Kalahari, Namibia	14 September 2000	14 runs
Namibia	13 September 2000	8 runs
Kruger National Park	07 September 2000 (L1B2)	9 runs
Mongu Tower, Zambia	06 September 2000	1 run
Lunar Lake, Nevada	11 June 2000 (L1B1-geocal) (L1B2)	3 runs acquired over Lunar Lake. Run 3 is syncronous with Terra. Data also processed to L1B1-geocal, that is the line number and sample are identified for a specific lat/ long location.
ARM, OK	12 March 2000
ARM, OK	03 March 2000
Konza Prairie, Kansas	13 July 1999 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Run 2 best run
Marina, CA	29 June 1999 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	All 9 angles successfully acquired
Roger's Dry Lake, CA	11 December 1998 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Run 3 used for vicarious calibration study
JPL	05 December 1998 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)
Barrow/Sheba	06 June 1998 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Runs 2,3, and 4 products only
Barrow/Sheba	03 June 1998 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Runs 2 and 3 products only
Mammoth	10 March 1998 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Bad flight line; run 1 Df image only
Moffett Field	25 August 1997 (Nav) (L1B1) (L1B2)	Run 1 products only; only 2 images in run 2

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ASD data:

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CIMEL data:

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MFRSR data:

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PARABOLA data:

Location	Date
Konza LTER (annually burned grass)	13 July 1999
Rogers Lake, CA (desert playa)	7-11 December 1998
SNARL site, Mono Lake, CA (snow and ice)	3, 10, 17-19 March 1998
Moffet Field, CA (ER-2 hangar and concrete tarmac)	12 November 1997
Lunar Lake, NV (desert playa)	24-27 June 1997
Jornada (sparse desert vegetation)	25-29 May 1997
Ivanpah	14 May 1997

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Reagan sunphotometer data:

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Program overview documents:

• AGU poster, February 2001
A comparison of Aeronet and MISR aerosol products during Safari 2000
 
• Internal documents (MISR internal access only)
Science Design File Memorandum
 
• Mark's trip reports in pictures and words:
Safari planning meeting (Mar-29-00 to Apr-15-00)
Lake Tahoe (Nov-11-99 to Nov-23-99)
Southern Africa Safari (Jul-24-99 to Aug-7-99)
Konza Priairie, Kansas (Jul-11-99 to Jul-18-99)
Rogers Dry Lake, CA (Dec-07-98 to Dec-11-98)
 
• Calibration/Validation Team Progress Report, 12-Aug-98 (PDF file)
   
• MISR Product Accuracy Document 03-Mar-98 (PDF file)

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Publications:

• MISR bibliography of publications

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