Dataset
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Land Synoptic Reports
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2007-01-04
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-01-22
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 328 Files | 3GB
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: Land Synoptic Reports. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7ea3d26ac86a4c7d9ef05ce78df3da40/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: AMMA, SYNOP
Details
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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(s): 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 instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Output Description | None |
- units: Pa
- names: 24 hour pressure change
- units: Pa
- names: 3 hour pressure change
- units: code tbl 010063
- names: 3 hour pressure tendency
- units: None
- names: WMO block and station number
- units: code tbl 020011
- names: above station cloud amount
- units: m
- names: above station cloud top height
- units: code tbl 020017
- names: above station cloud top type
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: above station cloud type
- units: K
- names: air temperature
- units: None
- names: amend number
- units: code tbl 020011
- names: amount of all cloud present
- units: code tbl 020011
- names: below station cloud amount
- units: m
- names: below station cloud base height
- units: code tbl 020017
- names: below station cloud base type
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: below station cloud type
- units: char*4 ptr
- names: bulletin id
- units: code tbl 020011
- names: cloud layer 1: cloud amount
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: cloud layer 1: cloud type
- units: m
- names: cloud layer 1: height of cloud base
- units: char*4 ptr
- names: collecting centre
- units: None
- names: cor number
- units: None
- names: day
- units: K
- names: dewpoint temperature
- units: J/m2
- names: diffuse radiation in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: diffuse radiation in last hour
- units: J/m2
- names: direct solar rad in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: direct solar rad in last hour
- units: minutes
- names: end of period of high mean wind
- units: minutes
- names: end of period of max gust
- units: Kg/m2
- names: evapotranspiration amount
- units: m
- names: geopotential height of agreed lev
- units: J/m2
- names: global radiation in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: global radiation in last hour
- units: m
- names: height of base of cloud
- units: m
- names: height of wind waves
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: high cloud type (CH)
- units: m/s
- names: highest gust recorded
- units: m/s
- names: highest mean wind speed
- units: m
- names: horizontal visibility
- units: None
- names: hour
- units: degrees
- names: latitude
- units: code tbl 020005
- names: least significant past weather report
- units: J/m2
- names: long-wave rad in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: long-wave rad in last hour
- units: degrees
- names: longitude
- units: code tbl 020011
- names: low cloud amount
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: low cloud type (CL)
- units: K
- names: maximum air temperature
- units: code tbl 020012
- names: medium cloud type (CM)
- units: K
- names: minimum air temperature
- units: K
- names: minimum grass temperature
- units: None
- names: minute
- units: None
- names: month
- units: code tbl 020004
- names: most significant past weather report
- units: J/m2
- names: net radiation in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: net radiation in last hour
- units: J/m2
- names: net short-wave rad in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: net short-wave rad in last hour
- units: flag tbl 002002
- names: original wind speed units
- units: hour
- names: past weather period
- units: seconds
- names: period of wind waves
- units: hour
- names: period when max temp reported
- units: hour
- names: period when min temp reported
- units: code tbl 020003
- names: present weather
- units: Pa
- names: pressure at mean sea level
- units: Pa
- names: pressure at station level
- units: degrees
- names: primary swell wave direction
- units: m
- names: primary swell wave height
- units: seconds
- names: primary swell wave period
- units: percent
- names: relative humidity
- units: K
- names: sea surface temperature
- units: degrees
- names: secondary swell wave direction
- units: m
- names: secondary swell wave height
- units: seconds
- names: secondary swell wave period
- units: Kg/m2
- names: section 1 rainfall amount
- units: hour
- names: section 1 rainfall period
- units: Kg/m2
- names: section 3 rainfall amount
- units: hour
- names: section 3 rainfall period
- units: J/m2
- names: short-wave rad in last 24 hrs
- units: J/m2
- names: short-wave rad in last hour
- units: Pa
- names: standard pressure level
- units: minutes
- names: start of period of high mean wind
- units: minutes
- names: start of period of max gust
- units: code tbl 020062
- names: state of ground with/without snow
- units: code tbl 022061
- names: state of sea
- units: m
- names: station height
- units: hour
- names: sunshine duration in last 24 hrs
- units: minutes
- names: sunshine duration in last hour
- units: code tbl 002038
- names: temperature measuring method
- units: Kg/m2
- names: total precipitation past 24 hrs
- units: m
- names: total snow depth
- units: code tbl 002004
- names: type of evapotranspiration inst
- units: m
- names: vertical visibility
- units: m
- names: visibility in seaward direction
- units: code tbl 002195
- names: wave measuring method
- units: degrees true
- names: wind direction
- units: m/s
- names: wind speed
- units: None
- names: year
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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