FIRE Level 2
Entry Title: First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II University of Utah Polar Diversification LIDAR

Entry ID: FIRE_CI2_UTAH_PDL_1
Aerosols
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.Lidar returned signal in arbitrary units, raw data, background subtracted, Minimum value = 0, Maximum value = 25600, Scaling Factor = 100 A description of the lidar is given in the following paper: Sassen, K., 1994: Advances in polarization diversity lidar for cloud remote sensing, Proc. IEEE, 82, 1907-1914

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0119

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
  • Lidar Relative Backscatter
  • Polar Diversification Lidar
  • Upper Air
Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

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Spatial Coverage: (S: 37.06, N: 37.06), (W: -95.24, E: -95.24)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

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

Temporal Coverage: 1991-11-21 - 1991-12-06
Platforms

Permanent Land Sites
GROUND STATIONS
GROUND STATIONS
LIDAR
Light Detection and Ranging
Metadata Dates

Created on 2000-03-17
Last updated on 2024-08-27