FIRE Level 1B
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) University of Washington CV580 Aircraft
Entry ID: FIRE_ACE_UWCV580_UWA_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Description
This data set consists of measurements provided by the University of Washington instruments flown onboard their CV580 aircraft during the FIR ACE/SHEBA 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
- FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment (FIRE.ACE) Home Page Document
- University of Washington CV-580 Flight Tracks during FIRE-ACE
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- INFRARED RADIANCE
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- VISIBLE RADIANCE
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
- CLOUD REFLECTANCE > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
- HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE
- CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- Backscatter Coefficient
- Condensation Nuclei
- Dew Point
- Effective particle radius
- Hemispheric Downward Visible
- Hemispheric Upward Visible And Near-Infrared Radiance
- Humidity
- Liquid Water Content
- Near-Infrared and Ultraviolet (UV) Radiance
- Particle concentration
- Particle Surface Area
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Total Scattering Coefficient
- Turbulence
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
Other (HDF)
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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: 1998-05-19 - 1998-06-24