NAMMA DC-8 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING (ICATS) V1

The NAMMA DC-8 Navigation and Housekeeping (ICATS) dataset is designed to: 1) interface and process avionics and environmental paramaters from the Navigational Management System, GPS, Central Air Data Computer, Embedded GPS/INS, and analog voltage sources from aircraft and experimenters; 2) Furnish engineering unit values of selected parameters and computed functions for real-time video display, and archive ASCII data at experimenter stations; and 3) Archive engineering unit values of 'Appendix A' (to the ICATS document included with dataset documentation) on data storage for post flight retrieval. These data files were generated during support of the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign, a field research investigation sponsored by the Science Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This mission was based in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off the coast of Senegal in west Africa. Commencing 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.

NAMMA DC-8 导航与家政（ICATS）数据集旨在：1）接口与处理来自导航管理系统、GPS、中央航空数据计算机、嵌入式GPS/INS以及飞机和实验者提供的模拟电压源等航空电子和环境参数；2）提供所选参数和计算函数的工程单位值，以供实时视频显示，并在实验站存档ASCII数据；3）在数据存储上存档《附录A》（随数据集文档提供的ICATS文件）的工程单位值，以便飞行后检索。这些数据文件是在支持美国国家航空航天局（NASA）非洲季风多学科分析（NAMMA）战役期间生成的，该战役是一项由NASA科学任务局资助的现场研究调查。此次任务以佛得角群岛为基地，位于西非塞内加尔海岸350英里处。自2006年8月开始，NASA科学家利用地表观测网络和飞机，对非洲东风波（AEWs）和中尺度对流系统在非洲西部大陆的演变和结构进行表征，并研究它们对区域水资源和能量预算的影响。