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Mission Summary for July 20, 2004

The flight was focused on intercepting smoke from Alaskan fires over the US. Salient science objectives were validation of Aqua (AIRS, MODIS)instruments, characterization of smoke from Alaskan fires transported over the US, boundary layer pollution over the southeast and mid- west,and a coordinated radiation closure experiment with the J-31.

GOES-12 ir image (20 July 04 18:15 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:   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,  20:45,  21:15,  21:32,  21:45,  22:02,  22:15  IR image:   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,  20:45,  21:15,  21:32,  21:45,  22:02,  22:15  WV image:   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,  20:45,  21:15,  21:32,  21:45,  22:02,  22:15