FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) Radiation Measurement System (RAMS)
Entry ID: FIRE_ACE_C130_RAMS_1
Radiation Budget
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.
Resources and Documentation
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
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- 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
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- 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
HOW-TO
- Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SOLAR RADIATION
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- RADIATIVE FLUX
- INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- Infrared Flux
- Narrowband Flux
- Total Solar Flux
- Upwelling And Downwelling
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
Other (NetCDF)
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
BEAUFORT SEA ARCTIC POLAR
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1998-05-04 - 1998-07-30