First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Extensive Time Observations (ETO) University of Utah Polar Diversification LIDAR

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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.Lidar returned signal in arbitrary units, raw data, background subtracted, Minimum value = 0, Maximum value = 25600, Scaling Factor = 100 A description of the lidar is given in the following paper: Sassen, K., 1994: Advances in polarization diversity lidar for cloud remote sensing, Proc. IEEE, 82, 1907-1914

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21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0122
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 Earthdata Search for FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001220-LARC_ASDC
33 FIRE University of Utah PDL Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_utah_pdl_dataset.pdf
21 Readme for The FARS (Facility for Atmospheric Remote Sensing) Ruby Lidar ETO data set https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_eto_utah_pdl.txt
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0122
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 I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.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 II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL/
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_ETO_UTAH_PDL/contents.html
45 FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar

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