Description

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 seek 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 ISCCP data, GCM parameterizations, and higher space and time resolution cloud data. To-date, four intensive field-observation 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.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) Doppler radar was used during the Fire Cirrus II experiment in Coffeyville, Kansas to document the structural, kinematic, microphysical and turbulent properties of climatically important cirrus cloud systems. Data were collected from November 13, 1991 through November 29, 1991.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

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

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 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
• ASDC List of FIRE II - Cirrus Mission Summaries Available
• FIRE Cirrus 2 Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) Doppler Radar Images Langley DAAC Data Set Document

HOW-TO

• Program to read GENPRO Formatted Files - Direct File Download (.c)

PRODUCTION HISTORY

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

READ-ME

• FIR CI2 ETL Radar Image Info Readme
• FIRE Cirrus 2 - Direct File Download (.ps) Readme

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Makefile.fci2 Release: 1.1 Date: 3/22/94
• Sample read routines for all FIRE Cirrus II data sets in ASCII format - Direct File Download (.c)
• Subroutines to read DX data from a DX file - Direct File Download (.f)
• fci2_lib Program for reading FIRE Cirrus II data sets - Direct File Download (.c)

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