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Horizontal Flight Track Example:
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| The horizontal flight track images display the location of the particular flight with respect to latitude and longitude. The color of the track represents the pressure level at which the flight was located at any particular time. Directional arrows indicate flight path, and 'Start +' is the take-off/landing location of the flight (unless the flight is a transit flight). |
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Vertical Flight Track Example:
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| The vertical flight track images display the pressure vs. time aspect of each flight. The x-axis is the UTC time of the flight, and the y-axis is the corresponding pressure level that the aircraft was sampling at that time. Each flight is broken up into 'legs', which were chosen based on when the aircraft crossed a certain pressure level. Those pressure levels are 850 hPa, 500 hPa, and 300 hPa. Each leg labeled on this chart corresponds with a leg of the trajectory plot for that flight. |
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Trajectory Plot Example:
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Plots of the forward or backward trajectories for any given leg begin at the horizontal position of the flight track. Trajectories are available in both the forward and backward directions, and are displayed by flight leg (defined by pressure). Forward trajectories start at the latitude and longitude of the aircraft, and a selected pressure level (Flight Level, 850 hPa, 500 hPa, or 300 hPa), and move forward in time and space to identify where the air sampled on that flight leg will go. Backward trajectories start at the latitude and longitude of the aircraft, and a selected pressure level, and travel back in time and space to identify where the sampled air came from. These plots give a latitude/longitude view of the trajectories which is color-coded by pressure level. Time is labeled along each trajectory at the point at which the duration has been ## number of days. |
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