First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II NCAR Sabreliner Aircraft 2D Probe 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 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.The data are organized on a single flight basis, for both the King Air and the Sabreliner. Relevant portions of the header from the raw binary files are included. Each data file contains processed concentration data based on habit type and area ratio.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
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
33 Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
45 FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_III.tar
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0116
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0116
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001197-LARC_ASDC
21 Dataset Description for FIRE II 2D PROBE CONCENTRATIONS FOR THE NCAR SABRELINER Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_sabrlnr_2d.txt
21 Read program for reading FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D Data Sets - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fire_ci2_sabrlnr_2d_read.c
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Readme for FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D README File for C-based Read Software https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_sabrlnr_2d_info1.txt
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
21 ASDC List of FIRE II - Cirrus Mission Summaries Available https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/fire2_cirrus/mission_summaries.html
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D/
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D/contents.html
45 FIRE II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
33 FIRE Cirrus 2 Sabreliner 2D Probe Concentrations Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_sabrlnr_2d_dataset.pdf

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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