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FIRE II - Cirrus Data Sets

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) II Cirrus was conducted in southeastern Kansas. It was designed to improve the understanding of the physical processes involved in the life cycles of cirrus and marine stratocumulus systems, the radiative properties of these clouds and their interactions.

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For convenience in ordering a specific data product, select the data set name in the data table below.

Data Set Name
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Readme File Sample Software Data Set Guide Parameter(s) Temporal Coverage Sensor Source/ Platform
FIRE_CI2_CITATN_1HZ Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Air Flow Angle, Condensation Nuclei, Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Liquid Water Content, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Pressure, Supercooled Liq. Water Content, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/14/1991
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12/07/1991
Alcohol Condenser, Chemiluminescent, Chilled Mirror, Flow Angle Sensors, Hot-Wire, Icing Rate Detector, Pressure Transducer, Reverse Flow, Temperature Probes Aircraft, UND Citation
FIRE_CI2_CITATN_24HZ Readme (Postscript) | Info   Yes Static Pressure, Temperature, Vertical Wind Acceleration, Vertical Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/14/1991
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12/07/1991
Flow Angle Sensors, Thermometer, Variable Capacitance UND Citation
FIRE_CI2_CITATN_5SEC Readme (Postscript) | Info   Yes Barametric Altitude, Cloud Ice, Cloud Particles, Condensation Nuclei, Condensation Nuclei Flow Rate, Condensation Nuclei Temp, Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Ice Water Content, Liquid Water Content, Mixing Ratio, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Potential Temperature, Relative Humidity, Reverse Flow Temperature, Static Pressure, Temperature, Vertical Velocity, Vertical Wind Acceleration, Vertical Wind Angle, Vertical Wind Speed, Virtual Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/22/1991
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11/22/1991
Flow Angle Sensors, Thermometer, Variable Capacitance UND Citation
FIRE_CI2_CITATN_IWC Readme   Yes Ambient Temperature, Barametric Altitude, Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Diffusional Growth Rate, Ice Water Content, Particle Diameter, Particle Number Concentration, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Relative Humidity, Static Pressure, Vertical Velocity, Water Vapor Density 11/14/1991
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12/07/1991
PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe UND Citation
FIRE_CI2_CITATN_PMS Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Clouds 11/14/1991
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12/07/1991
FSSP, PMS 1D-C Probe, PMS 1D-P Probe Aircraft, UND Citation
FIRE_CI2_CLASS_SONDE Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Geopotential Height, Humidity, Pressure, Temerature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/06/1991
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12/07/1991
Rawinsonde Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_CSU_PRT6 Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Brightness Temperature 11/18/1991
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12/07/1991
PRT-6 Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_CSU_SONDES Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Geopotential Height, Humidity, Pressure, Temperature 11/13/1991
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12/06/1991
Rawinsonde Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_CSU_STN1 Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Humidity, Irradiance, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/11/1991
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12/08/1991
207 Probe, Pyranometer, Pyrheliometer, Pyrgeometer, Wind Sensor Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_CSU_STN2 Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Humidity, Irradiance, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/13/1991
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12/08/1991
207 Probe, Pyranometer, Pyrheliometer, Pyrgeometer, Wind Sensor Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_CSU_WNDPRFS Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Ground Height, Wind Speed 11/12/1991
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12/07/1991
Wind Profiler Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_DOPLR_LIDAR Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Ground Height, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/21/1991
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12/07/1991
LIDAR Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_ER2_LIDAR Readme C Code Yes Clouds, Ground Height 11/24/1991
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12/07/1991
LIDAR NASA ER2
FIRE_CI2_ER2_MAS

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Readme C Code | Fortran Code | Include File | IDL Code Yes Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance 10/31/1991
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12/07/1991
MAS Aircraft, NASA ER2
FIRE_CI2_ETL_RADAR Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Clouds 11/13/1991
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11/29/1991
Radar Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_HIS Readme | Info Make File | C Code Yes Radiance 11/26/1991
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12/05/1991
HIS Aircraft, NASA EER2
FIRE_CI2_HSRL Readme   Yes Aerosols, Clouds, Ice 11/22/1991
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12/06/1991
HSRL Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_ISCCP_DX Readme (Postscript) | Info #1 Fortran Code   Albedo, Clouds, Pressure, Radiance, Reflectance, Temperature 11/01/1991
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12/31/1991
VISSR, AVHRR GOES-7, NOAA-11, -12
FIRE_CI2_KINGAIR Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Humidity, Ice, Irradiance, Liquid Water Content, Mixing Ratio, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/09/1991
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12/06/1991
Gust Probe, Hot-Wire, Hygrometer, Photometer, Platinum Resistance, PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe, PRT-5, Pyranometer, Pyrgeometer, Radiometer Aircraft, NCAR Kingair
FIRE_CI2_KINGAIR_2D Readme | Info Make File | C Code Yes Particle Number Concentration 11/09/1991
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12/06/1991
PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe Aircraft, NCAR Kingair
FIRE_CI2_KINGAIR_IWC Readme | Info Make File | C Code Yes AmbientTemperature, Barometric Altitude, Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Diffusional Growth Rate, Ice Water Concent, Particle Diameter, Particle Number Concentration, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Relative Humidity, Static Pressure, Vertical Velocity, Water Vapor Density 11/09/1991
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12/06/1991
PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe Aircraft, NCAR Kingair
FIRE_CI2_LARC8_LIDAR

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Readme (Postscript) | Info #1 | Info #2 | Users Guide Lidar C Code | Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Aerosol Backscattering Coefficient 11/13/1991
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12/07/1991
LIDAR Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_MAPS

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Readme (Postscript) | Lat/Lon Info | Stat Info | Terrain Info Fortran Code | Julian Days File | Sample Code File - Fortran Code | Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Montgomery Streamfunction, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Speed 11/12/1991
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12/08/1991
Analysis Model
FIRE_CI2_NOAA_WNDPFS Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Ground Height, Wind Speed 11/13/1991
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12/07/1991
Wind Profiler Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_NWS_IN_SND Readme (Postscript) | Info Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Geopotential Height, Humidity, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/13/1991
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12/07/1991
Rawinsonde Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_NWS_OUT_SND Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Geopotential Height, Humidity, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/20/1991
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12/07/1991
Rawinsonde Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_PAMS Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Humidity, Irradiance, Mixing Ratio, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/13/1991
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12/07/1991
PAMS Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_RAMAN_LIDAR Readme (Postscript) | Info #1 | Info #2 Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Mixing Ratio 11/13/1991
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12/07/1991
LIDAR Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_SABRELINER Readme (Postscript) Make File | Library C Code | Read Software library | C Code | GENPRO Format C Code Yes Humidity, Ice, Irradiance, Pressure, Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed 11/17/1991
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12/07/1991
Deiced Sensors, Gust Probe, Hygrometer, Icing Rate Detector, Pressure Transducer, Pyranometer, Pyrgeometer Aircraft, NCAR Sabreliner
FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_2D Readme | Info C Code Yes Particle Number Concentration 11/17/1991
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12/07/1991
PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe Aircraft, NCAR Sabreliner
FIRE_CI2_SABRLNR_IWC Readme | Info C Code | Make File Yes Ambient Temperature, Barometric Altitude, Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Diffusional Growth Rate, Ice Water Content, Particle Diameter, Particle Number Concentration, Preciptiation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Relative Humidity, Static Pressure, Vertical Velocity, Water Vapor Density 11/17/1991
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12/07/1991
PMS 2D-C Probe, PMS 2D-P Probe Aircraft, NCAR Sabreliner
FIRE_CI2_SKYCAMERA

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Readme (Postscript) | Info #1 | Info #2 | Table #1 | Table #2   Yes Clouds 11/12/1991
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12/09/1991
Video Camera Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_SPECT_SIRIS Readme (Postscript) | Appendix A-F (Postscript) | Pages 12-13 (Postscript) | Pages 15-16 | Sections 1-5 | Sections 6-8 | Sections 8-10   Yes Radiance 11/25/1991
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12/07/1991
SIRIS Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_UTAH_PDL

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Data Log Info | Display Log Info | Format Info   Yes Lidar Relative Backscatter 11/21/1991
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12/06/1991
Lidar Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_VIL_RTI Readme   Yes Albedo, Clouds, Ice 11/17/1991
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12/06/1991
VIL Ground Station
FIRE_CI2_VIL_SCAN Readme   Yes Albedo, Clouds, Ice 11/18/1991
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12/06/1991
VIL Ground Station


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