First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar (VIL) Altitude vs. Time (RTI) Data

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.This data set contains altitude vs. time images (RTIs) of cirrus clouds collected during FIRE Cirrus 2 at Coffeyville, Kansas. The images were sampled at 5 km intervals in the cross wind scans.

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Maintainer	Earthdata Forum
Last Updated	March 30, 2026, 22:19 (UTC)
Created	April 1, 2025, 15:45 (UTC)
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identifier	10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0120
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modified	2026-03-23T22:16:01Z
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temporal	1991-11-17/1991-12-06
theme	{"Earth Science"}