FIRE Cirrus 2 Volume Imaging Lidar data contains images of cirrus cloud scans covering a 120 km extent, collected to improve cloud parameterizations in climate models. The dataset was created by the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center during the intensive field observation period from November 13 to December 7, 1991. It specifically captures cloud properties over southeastern Kansas.
Use Cases
- Analyzing cirrus cloud spatial structure and optical properties from the 120 km scan images.
- Validating satellite-derived cloud products using high-resolution airborne lidar imagery.
- Investigating the relationship between cirrus cloud life cycles and radiative forcing using coordinated field campaign data.
- Improving general circulation model parameterizations for cirrus clouds with empirical scan data.
Strengths
- Data collected during a coordinated, multi-platform intensive field observation campaign.
- Scans provide a 120 km spatial extent for analyzing cloud structure.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally limited to a single field campaign in late 1991.
- Specific technical details like row count, resolution, and file formats are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LARC_ASDC).
- Collection Method
- Collected via airborne Volume Imaging Lidar during the FIRE Cirrus 2 field campaign.
- Time Range
- November 13, 1991 to December 7, 1991.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Southeastern Kansas, specifically Coffeyville, USA.