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MISR validation activities and results

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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
gold
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
gold
Golden Data Set
Southern Africa Winter fire season SAFARI 2000 MISR, AirMISR, JPL in-situ
[Experiment summary]
11Jun00
gold
Golden Data Set
Lunar Lake
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
gold
Golden Data Set
ARM
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
gold
Golden Data Set
ARM
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
gold
Golden Data Set
Lake Tahoe
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
gold
Golden Data Set
Kansas
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
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
gold
Golden Data Set
Marina
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 bv_lake
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
gold
Golden Data Set
Roger's Dry Lake
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:

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:

Location Date
Konza LTER, KS 13 July 1999
Rogers Lake, CA 11 December 1998
Moffett Field, CA 11 November 1997
Lunar Lake, NV 24 June 1997
Lunar Lake, NV 02 June 1996

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CIMEL data:

Location Date
Steamboat Springs, CO 08 Mar 2001
Konza LTER, KS 13 July 1999
Marina, CA 30 June 1999
Marina, CA 29 June 1999
Tahoe City, CA 07 May 1999
Buena Vista, CA 08 March 1999
Rogers Lake, CA 11 December 1998
Lunar Lake, NV 24 June 1997

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MFRSR data:

Location Date
Steamboat Springs, CO 08 Mar 2001
Konza LTER, KS 13 July 1999
Marina, CA 30 June 1999
Marina, CA 29 June 1999
Tahoe City, CA 07 May 1999
Buena Vista, CA 08 March 1999
Rogers Lake, CA 11 December 1998
Mono Lake, CA 10 March 1998
Lunar Lake, NV 24 June 1997
Lunar Lake, NV 02 June 1996

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PARABOLA data:

Location Date
Konza LTER
(annually burned grass)
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:

Location Date (instrument)
Steamboat Springs, CO 08 Mar 2001 (C)
Konza LTER, KS 13 July 1999 (B)
Marina, CA 30 June 1999 (B)
Marina, CA 29 June 1999 (B)
Tahoe City, CA 07 May 1999 (B) (C)
Buena Vista, CA 08 March 1999 (C)
Rogers Lake, CA 11 December 1998 (B) (C)
Mono Lake, CA 10 March 1998 (B) (C)
Lunar Lake, NV 24 June 1997 (C)
Lunar Lake, NV 02 June 1996 (B) (C)

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Program overview documents:

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Publications:

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