Date: Feb 24, 2000

Mission: Ferry ER-2 with instrumentation to Madison, WI for WISC-T2000 experiment.

Mission Objectives

Collect a line of data with AirMISR, collect CLS and MAS data for performance check; map Denver airport runways with MAS.

Flight Summary

Take-off was at 1700 UTC. ER-2 landed at 2110 UTC.

ER-2 flew from Dryden to Boulder CO where it collected a clear sky line of data with AirMISR, then to Denver airport where skies were mostly cloudy and somewhat hazy according to pilot Dave Wright, then flew on to Madison where it landed in low ceilings and fog (ongoing thaw) at about 3:15pm CST.  No radiosonde or other ground activities.  Skies were clear over S. CA, cirrus and thicker cloud over mountains with breaks, then thick low level cloud over upper midwest.

Highlights

The ER-2 made it to Madison on schedule despite difficult sky conditions

Instrument Status

• Modis Airborne Simulator (MAS): Operated. Good Data.
• Scanner High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (SHIS): Not on plane.
• Cloud Lidar System (CLS): Operated.  Good data.
• Air Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (AirMISR):  Operated.  Good data.
• VIS video camera: Operated.  Good video collected.
• RC-10 Camera: Operated with 12 inch and 6 inch lens (motor problem)..