FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System

Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_MAPS_1
Field Campaigns
DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0109

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Resources and Documentation

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)

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

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Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • UPPER LEVEL WINDS
  • POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • SURFACE WINDS
  • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
  • 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-map
Spatial Coverage: (20.09, 57.67), (-136.46, -60.83)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Horizontal Resolution Range: 50 km - < 100 km or approximately .5 degree - < 1 degree
Coordinate System: Geodetic
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
Temporal Resolution: Constant in Time
Platforms

In Situ Land-based Platforms
GROUND STATIONS
RADIOSONDES
PROFILERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 1999-11-06
Last updated on 2020-10-15