NASA Langley's Satellite Support Page for the
Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (MPACE)
ARM North Slope of Alaska (NSA)

Mission Summary for Oct 17, 2004

Initial spirals were flown just to the west of Barrow when no clouds were found over the site. At the time of the Aqua over flight they found cirrus over Barrow, with the Citation doing a porpoising leg between 25k and 31k ft.

NOAA-17 AVHRR vis image (17 Oct 04 21:40 Z) showing Univ ND Citation flight track

Citation tracks on   infrared image

• UND Citation Flight Track overlayed on NOAA satellite images
  
  • JavaScript Loop:   Visible,   Infrared
    
  • Animated GIF Loop:   Visible,  Infrared
    
  • VIS image:   20:00,  21:40,  23:20, 
    
  • IR image:   20:00,  21:40,  23:20, 
    

• NOAA AVHRR Derived Cloud Products from NASA Langley (Pat Minnis's group).

• Aircraft Navigation Data:   
  • Citation