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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. Aerosol data obtained by Colorado State University during May 1998 on the NCAR C-130 research flights as part of the First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE3) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) flown onboard the NCAR C-130 aircraft during the FIRE ACE field campaign. The data are in ASCII format. The primary measurements were of ice nuclei and condensation nuclei.

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT ,
C-130 ,
NCAR ELECTRA
Instruments
CFDC ,
NOT APPLICABLE
Geographic Region
BEAUFORT SEA ,
ARCTIC ,
POLAR
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-05-04 to 1998-05-28
Data Partner
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA (NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC)
Concept ID
C1000000921-LARC_ASDC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
8
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Cloud Condensation Nuclei

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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FIRE Science Team. (2003). First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Arctic Cloud Experiment (ACE) C-130 CFD Data [Data set]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0002 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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