Description

This data set consists of light scattering measurements provided by the 4-channel nephelometer g-meter instrument flown onboard the University of Washington's CV580 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign.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.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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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

DATA CITATION POLICY

• How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for FIRE
• FIRE Arctic Cloud Experiment (FIRE.ACE) Home Page Document
• University of Washington CV-580 Flight Tracks during FIRE-ACE

HOW-TO

• Program to read SRB Release 3 Shortwave 3 Hourly nc - Direct File Download (.f)

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• Project/Campaign Document: Project/Campaign Document: FIRE Langley DAAC

READ-ME

• Readme Information about the data provided by the AMPR flown onboard the ER2 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign
• Readme Information about the data provided by the G-meter instrument flown onboard the University of Washington's CV580 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Standard C Library Call for FIRE_ACE_UWCV580_GMETER - Direct File Download (.c)

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