FIRE Level 1B
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) AMPR Brightness Temperature Data
Entry ID: FIRE_ACE_AMPR_1
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget Field Campaigns
Description
This data consists of data provided by the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) flown onboard the ER2 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.
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
- 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
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
- Brightness Temperature
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
ASCII
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
BEAUFORT SEA ARCTIC POLAR
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1998-05-10 - 1998-06-09