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This case study highlights the San Juan Coal Mine and Generating Station Campaign (site name: 4C_Tgt4_11) which was flown on 20th April, 2015 (PI: Christian Frankenberg). The San Juan Mine (owned by Westmoreland San Juan Mining LLC) is located in northwest New Mexico, and is one of the largest underground coal mines in the world. Coal from San Juan is used to fuel the San Juan Generating Station, owned by PNM, the Public Service Company of New Mexico. This case study uses 8 scenes from this campaign as the basis for analysis. Consistent scene attributes have been removed from the table and are as follows. Flight altitude: 9kts, pixel size: 1.1m, rotation: 75. Scene specifics, ordered north to south, are detailed below. Note, no percentge estimate of cloud coverage is provided for this campaign data.
| Flight Name | Date Time | SOG* (kts) | MCRS++ | Samples | Lines | Solar Elevation | Solar Azimuth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ang20150420t185951 | 4/20/2015 UTC 19:3 | 100 | 95 | 797 | 14549 | 64.61 | 173.44 |
| ang20150420t184333 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:47 | 100 | 95 | 807 | 14473 | 63.98 | 164.33 |
| ang20150420t182808 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:31 | 95 | 95 | 807 | 14113 | 62.94 | 156.22 |
| ang20150420t181345 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:17 | 108 | 95 | 777 | 14262 | 61.61 | 149.17 |
| ang20150420t190759 | 4/20/2015 UTC 19:12 | 102 | 275 | 781 | 14510 | 64.75 | 178.09 |
| ang20150420t185149 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:55 | 90 | 275 | 808 | 14636 | 64.39 | 168.93 |
| ang20150420t183606 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:40 | 101 | 275 | 764 | 14500 | 63.55 | 160.35 |
| ang20150420t182050 | 4/20/2015 UTC 18:24 | 102 | 275 | 739 | 14674 | 62.33 | 152.57 |
- SOG - Speed Over Ground ++ MCRS - tbd
This case study highlights the Fort McMurray campaign (site name: AB_B08_L012_FL187_FtMcMurray) which was flown on 11-12th Aug, 2017 (PI: Charles Miller). Although the Campaign is named after the urban service area Fort McMurray, Alberta, CA, the majority of data aquisitions were obtained over nearby Tar Island and Fort MacKay locations. This case study uses 12 scenes from this campaign as the basis for analysis. Consistent scene attributes have been removed from the table and are as follows. Flight altitude: 17.5kts, cloud coverage: 0%, pixel size: 4.9m, rotation: 86. Scene specifics, ordered north to south, are detailed below.
| Flight Name | Date Time | SOG* (kts) | MCRS++ | Samples | Lines | Solar Elevation | Solar Azimuth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ang20170811t202652 | 8/11/2017 UTC 23:41 | 177 | 258 | 669 | 10478 | 43.41 | 199.69 |
| ang20170811t203901 | 8/11/2017 UTC 9:50 | 166 | 077 | 671 | 10306 | 44 | 204.87 |
| ang20170811t205134 | 8/11/2017 UTC 15:0 | 174 | 258 | 666 | 10363 | 44.73 | 208.06 |
| ang20170811t210417 | 8/11/2017 UTC 21:54 | 163 | 077 | 667 | 10328 | 45.58 | 212.25 |
| ang20170811t211724 | 8/11/2017 UTC 9:41 | 172 | 258 | 669 | 10354 | 46.57 | 216.42 |
| ang20170811t212940 | 8/11/2017 UTC 2:42 | 160 | 077 | 666 | 10326 | 47.59 | 220.23 |
| ang20170811t214252 | 8/11/2017 UTC 19:23 | 172 | 258 | 662 | 10386 | 48.77 | 224.18 |
| ang20170811t215536 | 8/11/2017 UTC 14:19 | 172 | 077 | 666 | 10346 | 50.01 | 227.92 |
| ang20170811t220814 | 8/11/2017 UTC 18:40 | 185 | 258 | 660 | 10395 | 51.3 | 231.46 |
| ang20170811t222101 | 8/11/2017 UTC 12:58 | 164 | 077 | 670 | 10330 | 52.69 | 234.98 |
| ang20170812t180805 | 8/12/2017 UTC 12:2 | 158 | 077 | 677 | 10359 | 45.01 | 150.95 |
| ang20170812t182138 | 8/12/2017 UTC 12:17 | 165 | 258 | 670 | 10369 | 44.15 | 155.46 |
- SOG - Speed Over Ground ++ MCRS - tbd