MAMS Data Quality for CaPE

DateChannel(s) Problem(s)
July 21allUnable to decom data (no data)
July 241,2No data
 3 Intermittent data
 8bit dropouts
 12radio interference
 11,12vertical 'artifacts' in data
 allSystem failure at 1656 UTC
July 282No data
 9,10 high frequency coherent noise
 9 bit dropouts on odd scanlines
 12 horizontal 'artifacts' in data
July 302,3,4 No data
 12 Some horizontal banding in data
 9,10,12 vertical 'artifacts' in data
August 13,4No data
 11Some horizontal banding in data
 9,10,12 Coherent noise
 all System failure at 1658 UTC
August 52Analog to Digital problem
 4 Intermittent count values of 127
 9,10,12 Some coherent noise
 11 Faint horizontal banding
 all System failure at 1835 UTC
August 62Analog to Digital problem
 3 No data
 4 Counts all 127's for first part of flight
 9,10,12Coherent noise
 9,11bit dropouts on odd scanlines
 allRoll correction problem
 all System failure at 1756 UTC
August 83,8,9,10,11,12 No data
 4 bit dropouts in odd scanlines
 7Saturates on bright clouds
August 12allLost all data between 1858 and 1900 UTC
 11 Lost data after 1835
 12 Faint horizontal banding
 9,10 Coherent noise
 all System failure at 2218 UTC
August 132-8Faint data due to evening flight
August 169,10 Coherent noise
 all System failure at 1817 UTC
August 179,10 Coherent noise
 12 Possible Analog to Digital noise
 none Inertial Navigation System (INS) failure
August 199,10 Some coherent noise
 12Saturates on cold clouds
 3,7 Saturates on bright clouds
August 219,10 Some coherent noise
 11,12 Saturates on cold clouds
 12 Faint horizontal banding
August 2212Faint banding and saturates over cold clouds
 9,10 Some coherent noise

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