Dataset
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Africa Limited Area Model Output
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2008-07-15
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-01-22
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 127.69K Files | 159GB
Abstract
An international long-term collaboration to study the climatic and environmental feedback mechanisms involved in the African monsoon, and in some of its consequences on society and human health. The programme, which started in 2004, has developed a network of ground-based observation stations over Sub-Saharan West Africa to measure heat flux and, for some stations, CO2 and H2O vapour fluxes. Files also include concomitant meteorological measurements (wind, temperature, pressure, humidity, rainfall) and soil physics parameters (soil temperature and moisture). The UK branch of AMMA makes use of several instruments provided by the UK Universities Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM) which are centred on the Niamey meso-site. The Facility for Airbourne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) aircraft was used during the July-August 2006 campaign.
Citable as: NERC AMMA-UK; Parker, D.E. (2007): African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Africa Limited Area Model Output. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9b771445f270a7905d750c90e6fc9f04
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: AMMA, Africa-LAM
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11694691529112622
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were collected from 2004 by a network of ground-based observation stations over Sub-saharan West Africa, several instruments provided by the UK Universities Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM), and by the FAAM aircraft which was used during July-August 2006. |
| Data Quality: |
Research data
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| File Format: |
Data are NASA AMES formatted
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
| Title | Computation process: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Africa Limited Area Model Output |
| Abstract | Africa Limited Area Model Output |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- units: m s-1
- long_name: 10 METRE WIND U-COMP
- names: 10 METRE WIND U-COMP
- units: m s-1
- long_name: 10 METRE WIND V-COMP
- names: 10 METRE WIND V-COMP
- units: m
- long_name: BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: kft
- long_name: CLOUD BASE FOR COVER.GT.2.5 OCTA KFT
- names: CLOUD BASE FOR COVER.GT.2.5 OCTA KFT
- long_name: CLOUD FRACTION BELOW 1000 FT ASL
- names: CLOUD FRACTION BELOW 1000 FT ASL
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: CLOUD ICE CONTENT AFTER LS PRECIP
- names: CLOUD ICE CONTENT AFTER LS PRECIP
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: CLOUD LIQUID WATER AFTER LS PRECIP
- names: CLOUD LIQUID WATER AFTER LS PRECIP
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: CONVECTIVE RAIN AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- names: CONVECTIVE RAIN AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- names: CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: CONVECTIVE SNOW AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- names: CONVECTIVE SNOW AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- names: CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- units: 0-1
- long_name: FOG FRACTION AT 1.5 M
- names: FOG FRACTION AT 1.5 M
- units: m
- long_name: GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT: PRESSURE LEVELS
- names: GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT: PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: W m-2
- long_name: HEAT FLUX THROUGH SEA ICE (GBM) W/M2
- names: HEAT FLUX THROUGH SEA ICE (GBM) W/M2
- long_name: HIGH CLOUD AMOUNT
- names: HIGH CLOUD AMOUNT
- long_name: ICAO HT OF CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASE
- names: ICAO HT OF CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASE
- long_name: ICAO HT OF CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOP
- names: ICAO HT OF CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOP
- long_name: LAND MASK (LOGICAL: LAND=TRUE)
- names: LAND MASK (LOGICAL: LAND=TRUE)
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: LARGE SCALE RAIN AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- names: LARGE SCALE RAIN AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: LARGE SCALE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- names: LARGE SCALE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOW AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- names: LARGE SCALE SNOW AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- names: LARGE SCALE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
- long_name: LOW CLOUD AMOUNT
- names: LOW CLOUD AMOUNT
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: LOWEST CONV CLOUD AMOUNT AFTER CONV
- names: LOWEST CONV CLOUD AMOUNT AFTER CONV
- long_name: MEDIUM CLOUD AMOUNT
- names: MEDIUM CLOUD AMOUNT
- units: Pa
- units: m
- units: K
- units: m
- long_name: OROGRAPHY (/STRAT LOWER BC)
- names: OROGRAPHY (/STRAT LOWER BC)
- units: W m-2
- long_name: OUTGOING LW RAD FLUX (TOA)
- names: OUTGOING LW RAD FLUX (TOA)
- long_name: PRESSURE AT CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASE
- names: PRESSURE AT CONVECTIVE CLOUD BASE
- long_name: PRESSURE AT CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOP
- names: PRESSURE AT CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOP
- units: Pa
- long_name: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
- names: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
- units: 0-1
- long_name: PROBABILITY OF VIS LESS THAN 5 KM
- names: PROBABILITY OF VIS LESS THAN 5 KM
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: QT AT 1.5M
- names: QT AT 1.5M
- long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
- names: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
- long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- names: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: m
- long_name: RESIST S FOR SO4 DIS AFTER TS S/M
- names: RESIST S FOR SO4 DIS AFTER TS S/M
- units: m
- long_name: ROUGHNESS LENGTH AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: ROUGHNESS LENGTH AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: 0-1
- long_name: SEA ICE FRACTION AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: SEA ICE FRACTION AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: SNOW AMOUNT AFTER TIMESTEP KG/M2
- names: SNOW AMOUNT AFTER TIMESTEP KG/M2
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
- names: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
- names: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: SURF & BL TOTL MOISTURE FLUX KG/M2/S
- names: SURF & BL TOTL MOISTURE FLUX KG/M2/S
- units: W m-2
- long_name: SURFACE & B.LAYER HEAT FLUXES W/M2
- names: SURFACE & B.LAYER HEAT FLUXES W/M2
- units: W m-2
- long_name: SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX W/M2
- names: SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX W/M2
- units: K
- long_name: SURFACE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: SURFACE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: K
- long_name: TEMPERATURE AT 1.5M
- names: TEMPERATURE AT 1.5M
- units: K
- long_name: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- names: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: K
- long_name: TL AT 1.5M
- names: TL AT 1.5M
- units: 0-1
- long_name: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT - RANDOM OVERLAP
- names: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT - RANDOM OVERLAP
- units: 0-1
- long_name: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT MAX/RANDOM OVERLP
- names: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT MAX/RANDOM OVERLP
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- names: TOTAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: TOTAL PRECIPITATION RATE KG/M2/S
- names: TOTAL PRECIPITATION RATE KG/M2/S
- units: m s-1
- long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: U COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: m s-1
- long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- names: U COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: m s-1
- long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
- names: V COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: m s-1
- long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- names: V COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: m s-1
- long_name: W COMP OF WIND C-P TH LEVS:VAR DUMMY
- names: W COMP OF WIND C-P TH LEVS:VAR DUMMY
- units: m
- long_name: WET BULB FREEZING LEV HEIGHT (M)
- names: WET BULB FREEZING LEV HEIGHT (M)
- units: K
- long_name: WET BULB POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE
- names: WET BULB POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE
- units: W m-2
- long_name: WIND MIXING EN'GY FLUX INTO SEA W/M2
- names: WIND MIXING EN'GY FLUX INTO SEA W/M2
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2006-06-08T23:00:00
End time:
2006-11-23T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
40.0000° |
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-20.0000° |
50.0000° |
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-40.0000° |
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