Mission Summary for July 8, 2004

    This was the first INTEX science flight from Mid-America and was focused on the validation of the MOPITT and MODIS instruments aboard the TERRA satellite, characterization of aged California outflow, mapping of mid-western boundary layer pollution, sampling of deep convection over the Carolinas, and exploring the relationship between biogenic emissions and their products over the Smoky Mountains.

    GOES-12 ir image (8 July 04 18:15 Z) showing DC-8 flight track

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