First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Oceanus Radiosonde Data

Description

The First ISCCP Regional Experiments have been designed to improvedata products and cloud/radiation parameterizations used in general circulation models (GCMs). Specifically, the goals of FIRE are (1) to improve 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 the ISCCP data, GCM parameterizations, and higher space and time resolution cloud data.Radiosonde data were collected during the FIRE ASTEX for time period June 3, 1992 through June 23, 1992 from the Oceanus (ship). There are 3 sets of interpolated sounding data. They are 5-second, 20-meter, and 2-millibar.Each file contains a 5-line header. The first line is the site name (up to 16 characters), the next line is the latitude and longitude at the time of launch, the third contains the date-time group at launch in YYMMDDHHMM format. Lines 4 and 5 describe the data to follow, which comprise no more that 1500 additional lines. The data are: minutes, seconds past launch, ascent rate, height, pressure, temperature, relative humidity, dewpoint, mixing ratio and wind speedand direction.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0041
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_AX_OCEANS_SONDE_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0041
45 FIRE I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar
21 Program to read the FIRE ASTEX Radiosonde data set files - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/faxrad_read.c
21 Important Notes Concerning All Radiosonde Data Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ax_oceans_sonde_part1
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
45 FIRE II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
45 FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar
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
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_AX_OCEANS_SONDE_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_AX_OCEANS_SONDE/
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_AX_OCEANS_SONDE_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_AX_OCEANS_SONDE/contents.html
21 Makefile.fci1 Release: 1.1 Date: 7/29/94 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/Makefile.fax
33 FIRE ASTEX European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ax_ecmwf_dataset.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_AX_OCEANS_SONDE_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001026-LARC_ASDC
35 FIRE ASTEX sample read software and data files - Direct File Download (.ps) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ax_oceans_sonde_part2.ps

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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