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FIRE III ACE Data Sets |
The First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment (FIRE) - Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) was conducted April through July of 1998. It was held in conjunction with the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) Experiment. The FIRE-ACE focused on all aspects of Arctic cloud systems. The main facility was located in Fairbanks, Alaska with measurements extending well over the Arctic Ocean (ship and aircraft).
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For convenience in ordering a specific data product, select the data set name in the data table below.
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Documentation | Sample Software | Parameter(s) | Temporal Coverage | Source/Platform | Sensor |
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FIRE_ACE_AMPR, Flight Tracks | Browse Product |
Readme | Fortran code | Brightness Temperature | 05/10/1998 - 06/08/1998 |
NASA ER-2 | Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer |
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FIRE_ACE_C130_CFD, Flight Tracks | Browse Product |
Calibration | Guide Summary |
No | Ice Nuclei, Total Aerosol Concentration | 05/04/1998 - 05/27/1998 |
NCAR C-130 | Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber |
| FIRE_ACE_C130_CPI, Flight Tracks | Browse Product |
Guide Summary | No | Cloud Particle Images, Sizes and Concentrations | 05/04/1998 - 05/20/1998 |
NCAR C-130 | Cloud Particle Imager |
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FIRE_ACE_C130_RAMS, Flight Tracks |
Readme | IDL Code | Upwelling and Downwelling, Total Solar Flux, Infrared Flux and Narrowband Flux | 05/04/1998 - 07/30/1998 |
NCAR C-130 | Radiation Measurement System |
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FIRE_ACE_ER2_MAS, Flight Tracks | Broswe Product |
Readme | Fortran include file | Fortran code | C code | IDL Code | Radiance | 05/13/1998 - 06/09/1998 |
NASA ER-2 | MODIS Airborne Simulator |
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FIRE_ACE_ER2_MIR, Flight Tracks |
Readme | Fortran Code | Brightness Temperature | 05/11/1998 - 06/06/1998 |
NASA ER-2 | Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer |
| FIRE_ACE_SHIP_SSFR | Readme | IDL Code | Incident Irradiance | 05/15/1998 - 06/23/1998 |
SHEBA Ship | Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer |
| FIRE_ACE_UTRECHT_BALLOON | Readme | No | Visible Actinic Flux at 550 nm;Meteorological Parmeters | 05/15/1998 - 06/23/1998 |
SHEBA Ship Site: Tethered balloon | Thermistor; Cup anemometer; Compass; Actinometer |
| FIRE_ACE_UTRECHT_TOWER | Readme | No | Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer; Meteorological Parmeters; Ice Temperature | 05/15/1998 - 06/23/1998 |
SHEBA Ship Site; Meteorological tower | Eppley precision pyrgeometers; Meteorological tower |
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FIRE_ACE_UWCV580_GMETER, Flight Tracks |
Readme | C code | Asymmetry Parameter, Extinction Coefficient, and Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio | 05/20/1998 - 06/22/1998 |
University of Washington CV-580 | Integrated Nephelometer |
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FIRE_ACE_UWCV580_UWA, Flight Tracks |
Readme | Summary Report (PDF) |
IDL code | Pressure, Temperature, Dew point, Humidity, Turbulence, Liquid water content, Particle surface area, Effective particle radius, Condensation nuclei, Particle concentrations, Backscatter coefficient, Total scattering coefficient, Hemispheric upward visible and near-infrared radiance, Hemispheric downward visible, near-infrared and ultraviolet radiance | 05/19/1998 - 06/24/1998 |
University of Washington CV-580 | Platinum resistance, Chilled mirror, Particle Measuring Systems, Electron nephelometer, Radiometer |
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