Dataset
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Model
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2010-02-12
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-08-07
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 370 Files | 16GB
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: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Model. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0e3577d9f2404f44b055e65e266b9d1f
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: AMMA, CEH, Model
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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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Data are NetCDF 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: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Model |
| Abstract | African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) Model JULES v2.0 |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- units: 1
- long_name: bare_ground_area_fraction
- standard_name: bare_ground_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_bs
- names: bare_ground_area_fraction, bare ground area fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: broadleaf_tree_area_fraction
- standard_name: broadleaf_tree_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_bt
- names: broadleaf_tree_area_fraction, broadleaf tree area fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: c3_grass_area_fraction
- standard_name: c3_grass_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_c3
- names: c3_grass_area_fraction, c3 grass area fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: c4_grass_area_fraction
- standard_name: c4_grass_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_c4
- names: c4_grass_area_fraction, c4 grass area fraction
- units: m
- var_id: depth
- standard_name: depth
- long_name: depth at centre of soil level
- names: depth, depth at centre of soil level
- units: m
- standard_name: depth_bounds
- var_id: depth_bounds
- names: depth_bounds
- units: 1
- long_name: inland_water_area_fraction
- standard_name: inland_water_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_iw
- names: inland_water_area_fraction, inland water area fraction
- units: 1
- standard_name: land_ice_area_fraction
- long_name: land_ice_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_li
- names: land_ice_area_fraction, land ice area fraction
- units: kg m-2
- standard_name: moisture_content_of_soil_layer
- var_id: smcl
- names: moisture_content_of_soil_layer
- units: 1
- long_name: needleleaf_tree_area_fraction
- standard_name: needleleaf_tree_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_nt
- names: needleleaf_tree_area_fraction, needleleaf tree area fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: shrub_area_fraction
- standard_name: shrub_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_sh
- names: shrub_area_fraction, shrub area fraction
- units: 1
- var_id: salb
- long_name: soil_albedo
- standard_name: soil_albedo
- names: soil_albedo, soil albedo
- units: 1
- long_name: soil_b_exponent
- standard_name: soil_b_exponent
- var_id: bexp
- names: soil_b_exponent, soil b exponent
- units: m s-1
- long_name: soil_hydraulic_conductivity_at_saturation
- standard_name: soil_hydraulic_conductivity_at_saturation
- var_id: ksat
- names: soil_hydraulic_conductivity_at_saturation, soil hydraulic conductivity at saturation
- units: Pa
- long_name: soil_suction_at_saturation
- standard_name: soil_suction_at_saturation
- var_id: sathh
- names: soil_suction_at_saturation, soil suction at saturation
- units: K
- standard_name: soil_temperature
- var_id: tsoil
- names: soil_temperature
- units: J kg-1 K-1
- long_name: soil_thermal_capacity
- standard_name: soil_thermal_capacity
- var_id: hcap
- names: soil_thermal_capacity, soil thermal capacity
- units: W m-1 K-1
- long_name: soil_thermal_conductivity
- standard_name: soil_thermal_conductivity
- var_id: hcon
- names: soil_thermal_conductivity, soil thermal conductivity
- units: K
- standard_name: surface_temperature
- var_id: lst
- names: surface_temperature
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- var_id: le
- names: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- var_id: h
- names: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- units: 1
- long_name: urban_area_fraction
- standard_name: urban_area_fraction
- var_id: frac_ur
- names: urban_area_fraction, urban area fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_critical_point
- standard_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_critical_point
- var_id: vcrt
- names: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_critical_point, volume fraction of water in soil at critical point
- units: 1
- long_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_saturation
- standard_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_saturation
- var_id: vsat
- names: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_saturation, volume fraction of water in soil at saturation
- units: 1
- long_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point
- standard_name: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point
- var_id: vwlt
- names: volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point, volume fraction of water in soil at wilting point
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude at centre of pixel
- names: latitude, latitude at centre of pixel
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude at centre of pixel
- names: longitude, longitude at centre of pixel
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- names: time
- var_id: time_bounds
- standard_name: time_bounds
- names: time_bounds
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2006-04-30T23:00:00
End time:
2006-10-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
40.0000° |
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-20.0000° |
50.0000° |
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-40.0000° |
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