Mission Summary for July 18, 2004

    The salient science objectives were validation of Envisat (SCHIA) and Aqua (AIRS, MODIS) satellite instruments, a first attempt at the Lagrangian experiment, characterization of North American pollution outflow, possible characterization of Alaskan fires, and a flyby over the NOAA ship Ron Brown.
    GOES-12 ir image (18 July 04 17:45 Z) showing DC-8 flight track

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