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    • NAMMA PRAIA CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The NAMMA Praia Cape Verde Radiosonde data used Sippican MarkIIa DGPS (LOS) radiosondes, which were launched in support of NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) mission. 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. The radiosondes released were Sippican MK-IIa units developed by Lockheed Martin. The atmospheric soundings were used to measure pressure, temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed and spatial coordinates. Data is grouped by ascending and descending flights and includes temperature, Skew-T, trajectory, wind and time series plots.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979887749-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2006-06-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-05-23
    Category NAMMA, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Schmidlin, Francis J, Everette Joseph and Gregory S Jenkins.2006. NAMMA PRAIA CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/RADIOSONDE/DATA201
    Graphic Preview Description N/A
    Graphic Preview File https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/Radiosonde/browse/
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/RADIOSONDE/DATA201
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -24.5327 14.6689 -23.4742 15.2707
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash dbfee912278b777fbe51b22fc18c22d0ce7f5fe4c0e97165dd5fff8daf3a4644
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2006-08-18T17:07:39Z/2006-09-14T13:24:56Z

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