September 15, 2014 Figure 1

NOAA-18 AVHRR RGB image at 1918 UTC on September 15, 2014, the planned flight track (purple line) and the position of the C-130 while it intersected CALIPSO overhead and along-track near 2200 UTC. The C-130 was flying near 10kft beneath a cirrus deck at the time that the A-TRAIN passed overhead (courtesy of Rabindra Palikonda, SSAI/NASA LaRC).