First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Colorado State University (CSU) Rawinsonde 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.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 CSU sonde data were generated in support of the FIRE Phase II Cirrus observation field experiment held in Coffeyville, Kansas during the period from 13 Nov. to 06 Dec. 1991 at the Parsons KG&E Power Plant. The data were collected at 37 deg. 18 min. N and 95 deg. 07 min. W, with a vertical resolution usually of roughly 5-10 m. They were provided to allow a calculation of an approximate location of the sonde.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
21 fci2_lib Program for reading FIRE Cirrus II data sets - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_lib.c
21 Subroutines to read DX data from a DX file - Direct File Download (.f) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.h
21 Program to read GENPRO Formatted Files - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/genpro.c
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0094
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
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-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 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0094
45 FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_III.tar
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001184-LARC_ASDC
35 FIRE Cirrus 2 - Direct File Download (.ps) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_csu_sondes.ps
33 FIRE Cirrus 2 Colorado State University (CSU) Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_csu_dataset.pdf
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 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES/contents.html
21 FIRE Cirrus IFO Phase II CSU Rawindsonde Data Parsons KG&E Power Plant Parsons, Kansas https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_csu_sondes_info1.txt
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES/
21 Makefile.fci2 Release: 1.1 Date: 3/22/94 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/Makefile.fci2
21 Sample read routines for all FIRE Cirrus II data sets in ASCII format - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.c
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
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

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

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