First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 1 Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) Data over Canada

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.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. Results from ISCCP analysis of B3 radiance data (sampled to 25 km). Unlike the standard ISCCP product, these data are reported at original pixel resolution and contain detailed information about the algorithm decision. Data covers the region from: 40 degrees North to 90 degrees North (+40 to +90), 70 degrees West to 110 degrees West (-70 to -110). (Polar projection covers 55S - 90S or 55N - 90N, maximum; Midlatitude maps cover 55S to 55N, maximum.)Spatially sampled imaging data. Nominal spatial resolution is 25 km. Pixel field of view is 4 km (NOAA data). Earth location (latitude +/- 90 degrees, longitude +/- 180 degrees) is obtained for each pixel from ancillary data.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 AU.NOA.N - Pixel-by-scanline map grid (tape files table) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/ci1_srb_ca.hdr
21 Makefile.fci1 Release: 1.1 Date: 7/29/94 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/Makefile.fci1
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
45 FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_III.tar
21 Program to read GENPRO Formatted Files - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/genpro.c
33 Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0081
21 Program to Read D2 HDF Format Files Produced by ISCCP - Direct File Download (.f) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fire_sdf.h
21 FIRE Cirrus 1 SRB Canada Data Set Read Software https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci1_srb_canada.txt
21 Readme to produce a general read program for users to access FIRE data set files in Standard Data Format (SDF) - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/firesdf_read.c
45 FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA/
33 FIRE Cirrus 1 SRB Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci1_srb_dataset.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0081
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
21 SDF_HEADER used to parse the FIRE SDF defined header file, and two supporting functions (SDF_DDR, DDR_VAR) - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fsdf_header.c
21 fsdf_lib Program for reading FIRE Cirrus I, Cirrus II, and MS data sets - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fire_lib.c
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-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
21 FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA_1 data table https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/ci1_srb_ca.toc
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 VTOC_read Program for reading records of FIRE Standard Data Format (SDF) Table Of Contents (VTOC) - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fsdf_vtoc.c
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001103-LARC_ASDC
21 Read and verify program to use with FIRE I Cirrus (SRB) data experiments. - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci1srb_read.c
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI1_SRB_CANADA/contents.html

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  • infrared-wavelengths
  • visible-wavelengths
  • spectral-engineering
  • earth-science

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