FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Colorado State University (CSU) Station 2 Data

Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_CSU_STN2_1
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.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 CSU Station 2 surface radiation data set was collected every 2 minutes for the period from Nov. 13, 1991 through Dec. 8, 1991 at the Tri-City Airport, Parsons, Kansas (37 deg. 20 min. N, 95 deg. 30 min. 30 sec. W.) NOTE: the 2 minute values were instantaneous readings.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0096

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • SOLAR IRRADIANCE
  • SOLAR RADIATION
  • SURFACE WINDS
  • UPPER LEVEL WINDS
  • AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • Humidity
  • Irradiance
  • Minute Data
  • Radiation Data
  • Surface
  • Temperature
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Sensor
  • Wind Speed
  • 207 Probe
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

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Spatial Information

spatial-coverage-map
Spatial Coverage: (S: 37.33, N: 37.33), (W: -95.5, E: -95.5)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Geodetic
Granule Spatial Representation: Geodetic
Locations

NORTH AMERICA MID-LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER TROPOSPHERE KANSAS CONTINENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1991-11-13 - 1991-12-08
Platforms

In Situ Land-based Platforms
GROUND STATIONS
PYRANOMETERS
PYRHELIOMETERS
PYRGEOMETERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 1999-11-09
Last updated on 2019-10-25