First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus NASA ER-2 Cloud Lidar System 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. This data set contains cloud top height and ground height calculations from the NASA ER-2 Cloud Lidar System (CLS). These data were collected during the FIRE Marine Stratocumulus experiment in July 1987; the parameters collected included time, position, and plane height. Undetected cloud tops and ground heights are signified by values of -9.9 after decoding.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
35 FIRE Marine Stratocumulus sample read software and data files - Direct File Download (.ps) Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ms_er2_lidar.ps
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 FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR_1 data table https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/ms_er2_lidar.toc
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
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0127
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001242-LARC_ASDC
21 LIDARFIR - Cloud top heights from airborne lidar (tape files table) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/ms_er2_lidar.hdr
35 Standard Data Format for FIRE Readme - Direct File Download (.ps) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ms_er2_lidar_sdfinfo.ps
33 FIRE Cloud Lidar System Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_er2_lidar_dataset.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0127
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 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 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 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-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.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_MS_ER2_LIDAR_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR/
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_MS_ER2_LIDAR/contents.html
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-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar

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  • altitude
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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