First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Cirrus Scan 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 images of cirrus cloud scans of 120 km extent both along the wind and across the wind (at the cirrus clouds heights). These images were collected during FIRE Cirrus 2 in Coffeyville, Kansas.

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Ffire2_cirrus%2Fmission_summaries.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FFIRE
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0121
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fguide%2Ffire_project.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_I-Cirrus.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_II-ASTEX.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FFIRE%2FFIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN%2F
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FFIRE%2FFIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN%2Fcontents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC1000001200-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Freadme%2Freadme_fire_ci2_vil_scan.txt
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fguide%2Fbase_fire_ci2_hsrl_vil_dataset.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_III.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001200-LARC_ASDC
33 base_fire_ci2_hsrl_vil_dataset.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_hsrl_vil_dataset.pdf
5 readme_fire_ci2_vil_scan.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_vil_scan.txt
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0121
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 fire_project.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
45 FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
45 FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar
45 FIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar
45 FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-ASTEX.tar
45 FIRE_III.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_III.tar
33 mission_summaries.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/fire2_cirrus/mission_summaries.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN/contents.html
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001200-LARC_ASDC
33 base_fire_ci2_hsrl_vil_dataset.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_hsrl_vil_dataset.pdf
47 readme_fire_ci2_vil_scan.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_vil_scan.txt
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0121
33 mission_summaries.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/fire2_cirrus/mission_summaries.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN/contents.html
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1000001200-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-types
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-height
  • earth-science-infrared-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-infrared-imagery
  • earth-science-visible-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-visible-imagery

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