NAMMA DC-8 DROPSONDE V1

Description

The NAMMA DC-8 Dropsonde dataset were collected by the DC-8 dropsonde system, which uses an integrated, highly accurate, GPS-located atmospheric profiling dropsonde measuring and recording current atmospheric conditions in a vertical column below the aircraft. hese dropsondes, also known as dropwindsondes or parachute radiosondes, are small, lightweight (less than 1 lb) cylindrical instruments that fall freely through the atmosphere, slowed somewhat by a small inflatable parachute. These data files were generated during support of the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign, 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (NAMMA) 2006 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data Set https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namdrop/readme.NAMMA2006.radiosondes.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNAMMA%2FDROPSONDE%2FDATA201
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Dropsonde/browse/
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=namdrop
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Dropsonde/browse/NAMMA_DROP_20060823_132902_P.png
21 NCAR UCAR Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) Avaps Dropsonde System https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/avaps-dropsonde-system
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/namma/namdrop/namdrop_dataset.html
10 TEMP DROP CODE https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namdrop/TEMP_DROP_CODE.doc
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/namma
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

Tags

  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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