FIRE (First ISCCP Regional Experiment)

FIRE-III Arctic Cloud Experiment

(FIRE-III ACE)

Phase I : 3 May - 7 June, 1998

Phase II : 6 July - 30 July, 1998

Results:

Radiation And Cloud Products from Satellite Data

NOAA-15 Multispectral Imagery illustrating utility of the 1.6 um channel.

TOA Broadband Radiation Parameters derived from NOAA-14 on May 24, 1998

TOA Broadband Radiation Parameters derived from NOAA-14 on July 19, 1998

AVHRR Retrievals over SHEBA derived on May 4, 1998 (this should print nicer than it looks)

Select Data Summaries:

ATSR-2 data available during FIRE ACE - GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR HRPT data available from Langley DAAC - GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR HRPT data available from Langley DAAC (centered at SHEBA ice camp) - GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR GAC data available from Langley DAAC - GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR HRPT data collected over Barrow, AK (FIRE ACE Phase 1)- GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR HRPT data collected over Barrow, AK (FIRE ACE Phase 2)- GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

AVHRR HRPT data collected over SHEBA ice camp (FIRE ACE Phase 1)- GIF, Postscript and PDF format.

Satellite Data:

FIRE ACE Satellite Data Page (SAFIRE)

Canadian CV-580 Flight Tracks on AVHRR Images

C-130 Flight Tracks on AVHRR Images

ER-2 Flight Tracks on AVHRR Images

Related Web Sites:

• FIRE.ACE Home Page
• SHEBA Page at SSEC/UW
• NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Division FIRE
• NASA Langley DAAC