Mission Summary for August 7, 2004

    Flight 17 was the ninth and last DC-8 science flight from Pease. The main objectives were to under-fly Terra (MOPITT/MISR) and perform a predefined maneuver in coordination with the J-31, Ron Brown and MISR, sample North American outflow, a stratospheric intrusion, and perform P-3 intercomparison.

    GOES-12 ir image (7 Aug 04 18:18 Z) showing DC-8 flight track

    DC-8 tracks on   visible image.
    DC-8 tracks on   water vapor image.