FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) PSU Malcolm Baldridge Data

Entry ID: FIRE_AX_PSU_MALBAL_1
Clouds Radiation Budget
Description

The First ISCCP Regional Experiments (FIRE) 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 the 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 International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) data, GCM parameterizations, and higher space and time resolution cloud data. To-date, four intensive field-observation (IFO) periods were planned and executed: a cirrus IFO (October 13 - November 2, 1986); a marine stratocumulus IFO off the southwestern coast of California (June 29 - July 20, 1987); a second cirrus IFO in southeastern Kansas (November 13 - December 7, 1991); and a second marine stratocumulus IFO in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean (June 1 - June 28, 1992). Each mission combined coordinated satellite, airborne, and surface observations with modeling studies to investigate the cloud properties and physical processes of the cloud systems.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0047

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • SOLAR RADIATION
  • TRANSMITTANCE
  • ABSORPTION
  • AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • SOLAR IRRADIANCE
  • PRECIPITATION RATE
  • OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
  • WIND STRESS > WIND DYNAMICS
  • INFRARED FLUX
  • SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • REFLECTANCE
  • WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • HEAT FLUX
  • SURFACE WINDS
  • HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • CLOUD TYPES
  • UPPER LEVEL WINDS
  • Clouds
  • Irradiance
  • Latent Heat Flux
  • Liquid Water Content
  • Malcolm Baldridge
  • Precipitation Rate
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Sensible Heat Flux
  • Solar Absorption
  • Solar Reflectance
  • Solar Transmittance
  • Sonic Anemometer
  • Specific Humidity
  • Surface Stress
  • System Optical Depth
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Speed
Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

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Spatial Coverage: (S: 20, N: 60), (W: -70, E: 0)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN EQUATORIAL MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE AZORES OCEAN
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1992-06-06 - 1992-06-28
Platforms

Vessels
Ships
RAIN GAUGES
RAIN GAUGES
PYRANOMETERS
PYRANOMETERS
HYGROMETERS
ANEMOMETERS
ANEMOMETERS
WIND PROFILERS
WIND PROFILERS
CEILOMETERS
CEILOMETERS
THERMISTORS
THERMISTORS
THERMOMETERS
THERMOMETERS
RADIOMETERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 2000-03-17
Last updated on 2024-08-13