First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Portable Automated Mesonet Station (PAMS) 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.The PAMS data set was collected during the FIRE Cirrus Phase II experiment from Nov. 13, 1991 to Dec. 7, 1991 at six sites. There are 25 data files for each of 6 sites where PAMS data were collected.

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FFIRE
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC1000001195-LARC_ASDC
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fguide%2Fbase_fire_ci2_pams_dataset.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fread_software%2Ffci2_lib.c
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fread_software%2Ffci2_sw.c
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fread_software%2Ffci2_sw.h
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fread_software%2Fgenpro.c
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Fread_software%2FMakefile.fci2
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FFIRE%2F0113
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_II-Cirrus.tar
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%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2FFIRE_III.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Ffire2_cirrus%2Fmission_summaries.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FFIRE%2FFIRE_CI2_PAMS%2F
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FFIRE%2FFIRE_CI2_PAMS%2Fcontents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Ffire%2Freadme%2Freadme_fire_ci2_pams.ps
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001195-LARC_ASDC
33 base_fire_ci2_pams_dataset.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_pams_dataset.pdf
5 readme_fire_ci2_pams.ps https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_pams.ps
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_lib.c
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.c
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/fci2_sw.h
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/genpro.c
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0113
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_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_PAMS/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_PAMS/contents.html
5 Makefile.fci2 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/read_software/Makefile.fci2
45 FIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/FIRE_I-Extended-Time-Observation.tar
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/FIRE
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001162-LARC_ASDC
33 base_fire_ci2_csu_dataset.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_csu_dataset.pdf
5 readme_fire_ci2_csu_prt6_info1.txt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_csu_prt6_info1.txt
5 readme_fire_ci2_csu_prt6.ps https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_csu_prt6.ps
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0093
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_CSU_PRT6/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_CSU_PRT6/contents.html
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1000001195-LARC_ASDC
33 base_fire_ci2_pams_dataset.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/base_fire_ci2_pams_dataset.pdf
5 readme_fire_ci2_pams.ps https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/readme/readme_fire_ci2_pams.ps
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0113
33 fire_project.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/fire/guide/fire_project.pdf
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_PAMS/
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/FIRE/FIRE_CI2_PAMS/contents.html
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1000001195-LARC_ASDC.iso19115

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