NAMMA DC-8 Navigation and Housekeeping (ICATS)

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Title: NAMMA DC-8 Navigation and Housekeeping (ICATS)

Description:

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 Information Collection and Transmission System (ICATS) processes and archives avionics and environmental parameters from the Navigational Management System, GPS, Central Air Data Computer, Embedded GPS/INS, and analog voltage sources from the aircraft and experimenters. They include measurement of aircraft parameters such as airspeed, altitude, roll/pitch/yaw angles, ground speed, flight level wind speed, temperature and many others. These data files were generated during support of the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign.

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20060819

Ending_Date: 20060912

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -50.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -5.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > AIRSPEED/GROUND SPEED

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > FLIGHT DATA LOGS

Theme_Keyword: NASA DC-8 > NASA DOUGLAS DC-8

Theme_Keyword: TEMPERATURE PROBES

Theme_Keyword: GPS > GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: NAMMA > NASA AFRICAN MONSOON MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSES CAMPAIGN

Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG

Theme_Keyword: Eosdis

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CAPE VERDE

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: RICK SHELTER

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: University of North Dakota Box 9011

City: Grand Forks

State_or_Province: ND

Postal_Code: 58202-9011

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 701-777-6040

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 701-330-2126

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rshelter@nserc.und.edu

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/MSFC/GHRC > Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: SHERRY HARRISON

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 320 Sparkman Dr.

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 256-961-7973

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrcdaac@itsc.uah.edu

Resource_Description: namdc8nav

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http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Refine your granule search with ECHO's next generation Earth Science discovery tool (Reverb) using information from this record.

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http://airbornescience.nsstc.nasa.gov/namma/

Access_Instructions:

NAMMA project home page

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070413

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120502

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SHERRY HARRISON

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 320 Sparkman Dr.

City: Huntsville

State_or_Province: AL

Postal_Code: 35805

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 256-961-7973

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrcdaac@itsc.uah.edu

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time