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.This data set was collected from the Colorado State University tethered platform. The balloon was flown during the FIRE Marine Stratocumulus IFO on San Nicolas Island. The data set has been interpolated to the times of the cloud microphysics data, which has a five second interval between points.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

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)

EXTENDED METADATA

TBALLOON - CSU tethered balloon platform (tape files table)

FIRE_MS_CSU_TBALLOON_1 data table

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for FIRE
• FIRE Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Langley DAAC Data Set Document

HOW-TO

• Readme to produce a general read program for users to access FIRE data set files in Standard Data Format (SDF) - Direct File Download (.c)

READ-ME

• FIRE Marine Stratocumulus sample read software and data files - Direct File Download (.ps) Readme
• Standard Data Format for FIRE Readme - Direct File Download (.ps)

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

• Makefile.fci1 Release: 1.1 Date: 7/29/94
• Program to Read D2 HDF Format Files Produced by ISCCP - Direct File Download (.f)
• SDF_HEADER used to parse the FIRE SDF defined header file, and two supporting functions (SDF_DDR, DDR_VAR) - Direct File Download (.c)
• VTOC_read Program for reading records of FIRE Standard Data Format (SDF) Table Of Contents (VTOC) - Direct File Download (.c)
• fsdf_lib Program for reading FIRE Cirrus I, Cirrus II, and MS data sets - Direct File Download (.c)

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