First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II NOAA Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Doppler & Lidar

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.The Doppler lidar data set includes wind profiles derived by the VAD method for the FIRE-II top 5 priority days (21,25,28,30 of Nov. 1991, and Dec. 5, 1991). Vertical profiles of the horizontal wind speed and direction were acquired by the lidar using a classical method commonly referred to as the VAD technique, where VAD stands for Velocity Azimuth Display.The Doppler lidar experiment objective was to obtain lidar measurements of relative backscatter signal intensity and radial velocity from cirrus clouds to study their microphysical and radiative properties. This data set provides vertical profiles (approx. 1.5 - 20.0 km agl).

Resources

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%2F0098
21 OPeNDAP data access for FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR/contents.html
35 FIRE Cirrus 2 - Direct File Download (.ps) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_doplr_lidar.ps
21 Sample read routines for all FIRE Cirrus II data sets in ASCII format - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.c
21 Subroutines to read DX data from a DX file - Direct File Download (.f) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.h
21 Program to read GENPRO Formatted Files - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/genpro.c
21 Makefile.fci2 Release: 1.1 Date: 3/22/94 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/Makefile.fci2
21 DOI data set landing page for FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0098
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 II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_II-Cirrus.tar
21 ASDC Data and Information for FIRE https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
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 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_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR/
21 Earthdata Search for FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001186-LARC_ASDC
21 fci2_lib Program for reading FIRE Cirrus II data sets - Direct File Download (.c) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_lib.c
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
33 FIRE Cirrus 2 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Doppler LIDAR (FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR) Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_doplr_lidar_dataset.pdf
45 FIRE I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Cirrus.tar

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  • altitude
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • clouds
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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