FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_MAPS_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget Field Campaigns
Resources and Documentation
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)
EXTENDED METADATA
FIRE Cirris 2 Maps Latitude Longitude Table
FIRE Cirris 2 Maps Terrain Table
FIRE Cirrus 2 - table of day-of-the-year number vs date for the latter part of 1991
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for FIRE
- ASDC List of FIRE II - Cirrus Mission Summaries Available
- FIRE Cirrus 2 Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS) Langley DAAC Data Set Document
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- FIRE Cirrus 2 Read-Me- Direct File Download (.ps)
- Statistical Differences Between Rawinsonde Observations (Post-Quality Control) and Analyses or Forecasts Interpolated to Rawinsonde Locations Readme
READ-ME
- Fortran program that demos sample input of MAPS-related data: [1] Latitude & longitude 2-D fields, [2] Terrain 2-D field, and [3] MAPS 3-D fields for 6 variables - Direct File Download (.f)
- 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)
- fire_ci2_maps_sample_input-1.f - Fortran program that demos sample input of MAPS-related data - Direct File Download (.f)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- UPPER LEVEL WINDS
- POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- SURFACE WINDS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
- VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- ACAM (Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper)
- Condensation Pressure
- Data Analysis System
- Dew Point Temperature
- Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)
- Model Data
- Montgomery Streamfunction
- Numerical Forecast Model
- Surface
- Upper Air
- Virtual Potential Temperature
- Wind Speed
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
Native
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH AMERICA EQUATORIAL MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE CALIFORNIA
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1991-11-12 - 1991-12-08