The GHRC supported the
NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) Campaign in August 2006. The GHRC provided real-time and static web
support, data ingest, and archive for the project PI’s.
The GHRC is the data archive, distribution, and user services site for
many of the datasets that will be created from this experiment.
This mission was based in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off the
coast of Senegal in west Africa. 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. NASA also made extensive use of its orbiting satellites
(including Aqua, TRMM, and the recently-launched Cloudsat/CALIPSO) and
modeling capabilities to improve its forecasts and flight plans. For more information about the NAMMA campaign please visit the NAMMA
website at http://namma.nsstc.nasa.gov/.
For more information or to obtain data, contact:
Global Hydrology Resource Center
320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805Phone: 256-961-7932
FAX: 256-961-7723
E-mail: ghrc@eos.nasa.gov
Visit our web page at http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov
NASA Information Contact: Michael
Goodman, Global Hydrology Resource Center
GHRC Web Curator GHRC Web Team