First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) CFD Data

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 improve 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 the ISCCP data, GCM parameterizations, and higher space and time resolution cloud data. Aerosol data obtained by Colorado State University during May 1998 on the NCAR C-130 research flights as part of the First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE3) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) flown onboard the NCAR C-130 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign. The data are in ASCII format. The primary measurements were of ice nuclei and condensation nuclei.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Calibration and quality assurance procedures used in support of ice nuclei and aerosol measurements during NASA FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment, May 1998 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/CSU_CFD_Calibration.txt
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
33 C-130 Flight Tracks during FIRE- ACE, April - July 1998 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/fire3_ace/ACEDOCS/data/c130_avhrr.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0002
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment (FIRE.ACE) Home Page Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/fire3_ace/ACEDOCS/index.pdf
45 FIRE I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar
45 FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar
45 FIRE II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
45 FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_III.tar
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD/
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0002
21 View this dataset on the CMR (Common Metadata Repository) https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1000000921-LARC_ASDC.html
45 FIRE I-Extended-Time-Observation Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000000921-LARC_ASDC

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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