NAMMA TOGA RADAR DATA V1

Description

The NAMMA TOGA Radar Data dataset consists of a collection of products derived from the NASA TOGA radar observations that were collected in the Republic of Cape Verde during the NAMMA campaign. The NASA TOGA radar is a C-band scanning radar with a beam width of 1.65 degrees. The radar was deployed on the southern tip of Sao Tiago (14.92N, 23.48W), the southern-most island in the Cape Verde islands. The radar operated nearly continuously from 15 August through 16 September, 2006, collecting measurements of horizontal radar reflectivity (ZH), radial velocity (VR) and spectral width (SW). 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.

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Name Format Description Link
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Radar-TOGA/browse/2006-08-16/namma_toga_20060816_0001swp0_dz.png
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Radar-TOGA/browse/2006-08-16/namma_toga_20060816_0001swp0_vr.png
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/namma/namtoga/namtoga_dataset.html
21 NAMMA TOGA data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namtoga/namma_toga_chkswp.txt
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNAMMA%2FRADAR%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=namtoga
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Radar-TOGA/browse/2006-08-16/namma_toga_20060816_0001swp0_cz.png
33 NAMMA ¿¿¿ TOGA Radar Scientist Log ¿¿¿ Part 2 of 2 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namtoga/namma_toga_scilog_060903_060916.pdf
33 NAMMA ¿¿¿ TOGA Radar Scientist Log ¿¿¿ Part 1 of 2 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namtoga/namma_toga_scilog_060815_60902.pdf
33 Overview of TOGA Radar Data Collected in NAMMA https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namtoga/namma_toga_README.pdf
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/namma
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Radar-TOGA/browse/

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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