First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase I National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Sabreliner Aircraft 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.Cirrus IFO-I was conducted from October 13 to November 2, 1986 in central Wisconsin. The NCAR Sabreliner aircraft measured radiation and microphysical properties of the cloud layers, in addition to temperature, moisture, and air motions.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0079
45 FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar
21 Makefile.fci1 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/fire/read_software/Makefile.fci1
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/fire/fire_ci1_sabreliner_table
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/citing-asdc-data
33 base_fire_sabreliner_dataset.pdf https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/fire/guide/base_fire_sabreliner_dataset.pdf
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/fire/read_software/fire_lib.c
33 fire_project.pdf https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
21 http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/fire/fire_table
21 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/project?p=%21C1000001121-LARC_ASDC
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI1_SABRELINER/contents.html
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/fire/read_software/genpro.c
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0079

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • clouds
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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