
First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment
Atmospheric Composition, Climate Variability & Change
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1991-11-13 1991-12-07 1992-06-01 1992-06-25 1998-04-08 1998-07-30 1986-10-13 1986-11-02 1987-06-30 1987-07-19 - 19
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The Campaign
The First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) was a NASA-led campaign that focused on studying cloud processes to improve satellite observations. FIRE consisted of five deployments from 1986-1998 across the Central United States, California, Northwest Africa, and Alaska. FIRE utilized several different aircraft that were equipped with remote and in situ sensors to collect measurements of cirrus and marine stratocumulus cloud properties. These measurements were supplemented with ground-based, balloon, shipborne, and satellite observations of clouds. FIRE was funded through NASA’s Climate Program.
N: 80°N
S: 10°N
W: 175°W
E: 10°E
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- ASDC Landing Page for FIRE
- ISCCP Campaign Website for FIRE
- An overview of the FIRE campaign: 1986-1987
- An overview of the FIRE I Cirrus deployment
- An overview of the FIRE Marine Stratocumulus deployment
- An overview of the FIRE ASTEX deployment
- An overview of the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment (ACE)
- Operations Plan for FIRE Marine Stratocumulus
- Operations Plan for FIRE II Cirrus
Additional Notes
Repositories

Campaign Field Sites

Beechcraft B-200 King Air

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft
NCAR Sabreliner

Campaign Balloons

Cessna Citation II
R/V Valdivia

Drifting Buoy

Campaign Field Sites
Research Vessel Le Suroît

R/V Oceanus
R/V Malcolm Baldrige

Campaign Balloons

C-130 Hercules
Convair C-131 Samaritan
Avion de Recherche Atmospherique Fokker F27

Campaign Field Sites

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

Convair-580
CCGS Des Groseilliers

C-130 Hercules

Convair-580

Campaign Balloons

Campaign Field Sites

NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

Beechcraft B-200 King Air
NCAR Sabreliner
Convair C-131 Samaritan

Campaign Field Sites

R/V Point Sur

Piper Navajo Chieftain

Lockheed L-188C Electra

C-130 Hercules
Events
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