FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Wind Profiler Data

Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_NOAA_WNDPFS_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget Field Campaigns
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 NOAA wind profiles were collected during the period from Nov. 13, 1991 to Dec. 7 1991. The original data were stored in the Enhanced Binary Universal Form (EBUF) format. These data files have been reformatted and are provided (in ASCII format) by the Langley DAAC.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0110

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • STATION HEIGHT
  • WIND PROFILES
  • UPPER LEVEL WINDS
  • SURFACE WINDS
  • Ground Height
  • Upper Air
  • Wind Profiles
  • Wind Speed
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

Native

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Spatial Information

spatial-coverage-map
Spatial Coverage: (S: 31.78, N: 44.67), (W: -106.35, E: -71.49)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

NORTH AMERICA MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE KANSAS
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1991-11-13 - 1991-12-07
Platforms

Permanent Land Sites
GROUND STATIONS
GROUND STATIONS
WIND PROFILERS
WIND PROFILERS
WIND PROFILERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 1999-11-06
Last updated on 2024-08-27