FIRE Level 1B
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Altitude vs. Time (RTI) Data
Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_VIL_RTI_1
Clouds
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.This data set contains altitude vs. time images (RTIs) of cirrus clouds collected during FIRE Cirrus 2 at Coffeyville, Kansas. The images were sampled at 5 km intervals in the cross wind scans.
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)
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 High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL)/Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Langley DAAC Data Set Document
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- INFRARED IMAGERY
- CLOUD TYPES
- VISIBLE IMAGERY
- BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE
- Albedo
- Clouds
- Ice
- UW-Madison
- Volume Imaging Lidar
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
GIF
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
NORTH AMERICA MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE KANSAS
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1991-11-17 - 1991-12-06