The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign was a field research investigation based in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off the coast of Senegal in west Africa.Ĭommenced in August 2006, 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.The science flights were scheduled between 17 July and 8 August 2007. During TC4, the NASA ER-2, WB-57 and DC-8 aircraft flew missions at various times. The Real Time Mission Monitor provided simultaneous aircraft status for three aircraft during the TC4 experiment. TC4 was based in San Jose, Costa Rica during July 2007. The NASA TC4 (Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling) mission investigated the structure and properties of the chemical, dynamic, and physical processes in atmosphere of the tropical Eastern Pacific.Lauderdale, FL for the DC-8, at Houston, TX for the WB-57, and at NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, CA for the Global Hawk. The GRIP deployment was 15 August – 30 September 2010 with bases in Ft. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment was a NASA Earth science field experiment in 2010 that was conducted to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes.These data are available at GHRC beginning in 2015. Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) is an Earth Ventures – Suborbital 1 mission aimed at better understanding the physical processes that control hurricane intensity change, addressing questions related to the roles of environmental conditions and internal storm structures to storm intensification.Ī variety of in-situ, satellite observations, airborne data, meteorological analyses, and simulation data were collected with missions over the Atlantic in August and September of three observation years (2012, 2013, 2014).GHRC also hosts a database of Atlantic and Pacific tropical storm tracks derived from the storm data published by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Field campaigns provide for intensive observation of specific phenomena using a variety of instruments on aircraft, satellites and surface networks. We are the archive and distribution center for data collected during HSRP field campaigns, as well as the recent Hurricane Science and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Earth Venture mission. GHRC has worked with NASA's Hurricane Science Research Program (HSRP) since the 1990's.
Long term atmospheric temperature records from satellites ground-based and airborne observations from satellites.Atmospheric winds and related measurements.Atmospheric water vapor and related measurements.Precipitation and related measurements.Lightning data from satellite, airborne and ground instruments.