First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment data was collected to improve cloud and radiation parameterizations in General Circulation Models. The dataset originates from the Utrecht University Tower and was managed by the LARC_ASDC organization. It was last updated in May 1998.
Use Cases
- Validate satellite-derived cloud properties from ISCCP against higher-resolution tower observations.
- Analyze life cycles of Arctic cloud systems using time-series data on cloud physical processes.
- Investigate relationships between cloud radiative properties and model parameterizations using measured radiation data.
Strengths
- Data designed for direct validation of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP).
- Focus on specific cloud types: cirrus and marine stratocumulus systems.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with no updates recorded since 1998.
- Specific sample size, geographic scope, and data volume are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- LARC_ASDC (NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center).
- Collection Method
- Observational data from the Utrecht University Tower, part of the First ISCCP Regional Experiments (FIRE).
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Arctic region, specific location associated with Utrecht University Tower.