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NAMMA DC-8 Dropsonde Entry ID: namdrop |
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Summary
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Abstract:
The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign is a field research investigation sponsored by the Science Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This mission was based in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off the coast of Senegal in west Africa. Commencing in August 2006, NASA scientists employed surface observation networks and aircraft to characterize the evolution and structure of African Easterly Waves (AEWs) and Mesoscale Convective Systems over continental western Africa, and their associated impacts on regional water and energy budgets. NASA will also made extensive use of its orbiting satellites (including Aqua, TRMM, and the recently-launched Cloudsat/CALIPSO) and modeling capabilities to improve its forecasts and flight plans. The DC-8 dropsonde system uses an integrated, highly accurate, GPS-located atmospheric profiling dropsonde, which measures and records current atmospheric conditions in a vertical column below the aircraft. The dropsonde instrument is ejected from a tube in the underside of the DC8 aircraft. As the dropsonde floats to the surface on a parachute, it continuously measures and transmits via a 400 MHz meteorological band telemetry link, pressure, temperature and relative humidity, as well as GPS-based wind formation data, to the receiving system onboard the aircraft. |
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Geographic Coverage
| N: 30.0 | S: -5.0 | E: 10.0 | W: -50.0 |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 2006-08-07 |
| Stop Date: 2006-09-12 |
Location Keywords
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OCEAN
> ATLANTIC OCEAN
> NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CAPE VERDE CONTINENT > AFRICA |
Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >HUMIDITY [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >SURFACE WINDS [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >UPPER LEVEL WINDS [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WINDS >FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| NASA DC-8 >NASA Douglas DC-8 [Information] |
Instrument
| DC8 DROPSONDES [Information] |
| DROPSONDES [Information] |
Project
| EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information] |
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
| NAMMA >NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses Campaign [Information] |
| CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog [Information] |
Access Constraints
| none |
Use Constraints
| none |
Keywords
| EOSDIS |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
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Data Center URL: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/ Dataset ID: namdrop
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
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Distribution_Size: 52.32Mb Distribution_Format: ASCII EOL Fees: none |
Personnel
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GERRY
HEYMSFIELD Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 301-614-6369 Email: gerald.m.heymsfield at nasa.gov Contact Address: Greenbelt Road City: Greenbelt Province or State: Maryland Postal Code: 20770 Country: USA |
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THOMAS
NORTHAM Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Email: northam at osb.wff.nasa.gov |
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SHERRY
HARRISON Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 256-961-7973 Email: ghrcdaac at itsc.uah.edu Contact Address: 320 Sparkman Dr. City: Huntsville Province or State: AL Postal Code: 35805 Country: USA |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2007-04-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-05-02
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