NAMMA DC-8 Dropsonde

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: NAMMA DC-8 Dropsonde

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 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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Supplemental_Information:

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Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20060807

Ending_Date: 20060912

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -50.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 10.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -5.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

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

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

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

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

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

Theme_Keyword: DC8 DROPSONDES

Theme_Keyword: DROPSONDES

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

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

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:

none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: THOMAS NORTHAM

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: northam@osb.wff.nasa.gov

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Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

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: namdrop

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII EOL

Transfer_Size: 52.32Mb

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/#utf8=%E2%9C%93...

Access_Instructions:

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Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

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

Access_Instructions:

NAMMA home page

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070423

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

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time