FIRE Level 1B
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) ER-2 Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR)
Entry ID: FIRE_ACE_ER2_MIR_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget Field Campaigns
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.FIRE ACE Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer flown aboard the ER2.
Resources and Documentation
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
FIRE I-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
FIRE I-Extended-Time-Observation Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
FIRE II-ASTEX Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
FIRE II-Cirrus Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
FIRE III Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for FIRE
- FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment (FIRE.ACE) Home Page Document
- FIRE-ACE ER-2 Flight Logs and Flight Track Images
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- Readme Information about Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR) flown onboard the ER2 aircraft during the FIRE-ACE field campaign
- Readme Information about the data provided by the AMPR flown onboard the ER2 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign
READ-ME
- Readme to Read FIRE_ACE_ER2_MIR data files for a given flight and print selected parameters for every 1000th record - Direct File Download (.f)
SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
- Brightness Temperature
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
Binary
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
ARCTIC POLAR BEAUFORT SEA
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1998-05-11 - 1998-06-06