Table · collection · 2020
NAMMA Raw DC-8 Dropsonde V1
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/namma/dropsonde/data301
The NAMMA Raw DC-8 Dropsonde dataset consists of high-resolution vertical profiles of ambient pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction obtained by the DC-8 dropsonde system during the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) field campaign.
Description
The NAMMA field campaign was based in the Cape Verde Island, 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.
The DC-8 dropsonde system uses an integrated, highly accurate, Global Positioning System (GPS)-located atmospheric profiling dropsonde measuring and recording current atmospheric conditions in a vertical column below the aircraft. Data files are available in ASCII format for the period of August 7, 2006 through September 12, 2006.
Links
Get the data
- Instructions for citing GHRC data ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- The NCAR GPS Dropwindsonde journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/80/3/1520-0477_1999_080_0407_tngd_2_0_co_2.… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/avaps-dropsonde-system ↗
NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1995865977-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/namma ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C1995865977-GHRC_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/namma-raw-dc-8-dropsonde-v1-eda17 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/namma/dropsonde/data301 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=129a3c44-d643-40b3-8dbe-df3c7e83d… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1995865977-GHRC_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1995865977-GHRC_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Air Temperature · Atmospheric Pressure Measurements · DROPSONDES · NASA Douglas DC-8 · Relative Humidity · Wind Speed
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1995865977-GHRC_DAAC | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 129a3c44-d643-40b3-8dbe-df3c7e83dcc1 | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:dropsondes | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-pressure/atmospheric-pressure-measurements | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/surface-temperature/air-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/humidity/relative-humidity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/upper-level-winds/wind-speed | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:nasa-dc-8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |