African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Sub-Saharan West Africa Ground-based Observation Station Records of Heat Flux, Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapour Fluxes and Concomitant Meteorological Measurements

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.

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2005-12-10T02:39:31

Dataset Reference Date (): 2005-12-10T02:39:31

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/496afa5cd3b0c85478d85f52e6490b54

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 496afa5cd3b0c85478d85f52e6490b54

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author

Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom

01793 411500

Unavailable - Parker, Douglas E. ( author )

NERC AMMA-UK - author

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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Update scope: series

Keywords

AMMA
Meteorology
Greenhouse gases

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: grid

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 2000-06-30T23:00:00

End date: 2006-11-23T23:59:59

Code: WGS 84

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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

Resource Locator: AMMA-EU Consortium Agreement - Article 9. Intellectual Property Rights
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Resource Locator: AMMA Publications website
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Resource Locator: AMMA International Portal
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Resource Locator: The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region
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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: AMMA-EU Consortium Agreement - Article 9. Intellectual Property Rights
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Resource Locator: AMMA Publications website
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Resource Locator: AMMA International Portal
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Resource Locator: The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region
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Quality Scope: series

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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

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Metadata

File identifier: 496afa5cd3b0c85478d85f52e6490b54 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Resource type: series

Hierarchy level name: series

Metadata Date: 2022-10-04T01:09:11

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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