First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase I Rawinsonde 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 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.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.Rawinsonde data for the 1986 FIRE Cirrus IFO. Includes data from seven (7) National Weather Service stations at Green Bay, WI (72645); St. Cloud (72655) and International Falls (72747), MN; Peoria, IL (72532); Omaha, NE (72553); and Flint (72637) and Sault Ste. Marie (72734), MI and three special stations located at Plattville (100), Fort McCoy (200) and Wausau (300), WI.

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Field	Value
Maintainer	Earthdata Forum
Last Updated	November 3, 2026, 05:07 (UTC)
Created	April 1, 2025, 15:46 (UTC)
Identifier	10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0078
Modified	2026-10-26T22:16:11Z
Theme	{"Earth Science"}
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harvest_source_title	Science Discovery Engine
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spatial	["CARTESIAN", [{"WestBoundingCoordinate": -96.2, "EastBoundingCoordinate": -81.1, "SouthBoundingCoordinate": 39, "NorthBoundingCoordinate": 50}]]
temporal	1986-10-13/1986-11-03