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Mission Summary for July 15, 2004

This was a transit flight from MidAmerica to Portsmouth (Pease AFB) which also incorporated several science objectives. Salient among the latter were validation of Terra (MOPITT, MISR) and Aqua (AIRS, MODIS) instruments, validation of FTS CO2 column measurements at Park Falls, CO2 inter- comparison with the NSF King Air (COBRA) aircraft, characterization of Asian pollution, Alaskan fires, and anthropogenic pollution.

GOES-12 ir image (15 July 04 16:32 Z) showing DC-8 flight track DC-8 tracks on   visible image. DC-8 tracks on   water vapor image.

DC-8 Flight Track overlayed on >GOES-12 satellite JavaScript Loop:   Visible,   Infrared,  Water Vapor Animated GIF Loop:   Visible,  Infrared,  Water Vapor VIS image:   13:02,  13:15,  13:32,  13:45,  14:02,  14:15,  14:32,  14:45,  15:15,  15:32,  15:45,  16:02,  16:15,  16:32,  16:45,  17:02,  17:15,  17:32,  17:45,  18:15,  18:45,  19:02,  19:15,  19:32,  19:45,  20:02,  20:15,  20:32  IR image:   13:02,  13:15,  13:32,  13:45,  14:02,  14:15,  14:32,  14:45,  15:15,  15:32,  15:45,  16:02,  16:15,  16:32,  16:45,  17:02,  17:15,  17:32,  17:45,  18:15,  18:45,  19:02,  19:15,  19:32,  19:45,  20:02,  20:15,  20:32  WV image:   13:02,  13:15,  13:32,  13:45,  14:02,  14:15,  14:32,  14:45,  15:15,  15:32,  15:45,  16:02,  16:15,  16:32,  16:45,  17:02,  17:15,  17:32,  17:45,  18:15,  18:45,  19:02,  19:15,  19:32,  19:45,  20:02,  20:15,  20:32