Labe / Conakry / Johannesburg / Bamako / Washington DC / Nouakchott / Dakar / St. Louis / Kankan / /
Company
AMMA Mali / National Severe Storms Laboratory / ASECNA / DMN / FEDEX / AMMA / DNM / /
Continent
Africa / /
Country
Senegal / Guinea / Mali / France / Mauritania / United States / Madagascar / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Travel / Natural Disaster / /
Facility
DMN headquarters / Howard University / University of Oklahoma In April / International headquarters of ASECNA / ASECNA headquarters / /
IndustryTerm
Internet access / gas charges / transportation / electricity generator / even electricity / pilot balloon network / gas generator / theodolite site / radiosonde network / telephone lines / pibal site / satellite images / Gas cartridges / near-real time / gas shortages / airport observation site / gas generation materials / bank / gas supplies / pilot balloon site / air travel / radiosonde site / then travel / nearest internet / travel expenses / chemicals / basic services / gas preparation / /
NaturalFeature
Atlantic Ocean / Central Atlantic Ocean / /
Organization
University of Oklahoma / University of Oklahoma In / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Howard University in Washington / US Federal Reserve / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Person
Jose Galvez / Momo Camara / John Mejia / Jean Blaise Ngamini / Mamadou Lamine Bah / Javier Murillo / Michael Douglas / Boubacar Madina Diallo / Yaya Bangoura / /
Position
driver / Principal Investigator / Director of the met service / cylinder head / deputy director / Director / NAMMA Chief Scientist / station chief / PACS-SONET coordinator / administrator / Met director / representative / /
Product
DC-8 / /
ProvinceOrState
Utah / Oklahoma / /
Region
West Africa / northern Senegal / western Africa / Latin America / /
APPENDIX 1: Summary of efforts to strengthen the existing pilot balloon and radiosonde network in West Africa for the NASA-AMMA field program. Note: photos illustrating the following activities can be seen at: _http://