Description

This data set consists of data provided by Scripps' Radiation Measurement System (RAMS) flown onboard the NCAR C-130 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign.The First ISCCP Regional Experiments have been designed to improve data products and cloud/radiation parameterizations used in general circulation models (GCMs). Specifically, the goals of FIRE are (1) to improve basic understanding of the interaction of physical processes in determining life cycles of cirrus and marine stratocumulus systems and the radiative properties of these clouds during their life cycles and (2) to investigate the interrelationships between the ISCCP data, GCM parameterizations, and higher space and time resolution cloud data.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

FIRE I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

FIRE I-Extended-Time-Observation Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

FIRE II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for FIRE
• C-130 Flight Tracks during FIRE- ACE, April - July 1998
• FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment (FIRE.ACE) Home Page Document

HOW-TO

• Program to read SRB Release 3 Shortwave 3 Hourly nc - Direct File Download (.f)
• Readme to open and read FIRE-ACE RAMS tddr and bbr data files

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC

READ-ME

• FIRE_ACE_C130_RAMS Readme File
• Readme Information about the data provided by the AMPR flown onboard the ER2 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign

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