The AMMA field campaigns: accomplishments and lessons learned
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Date | 2011-01 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Author(s) | Lebel Thierry1, Parker Douglas J.2, Flamant Cyrille3, Hoeller Hartmut4, Polcher Jan5, Redelsperger Jean-Luc6, Thorncroft Chris7, Bock Olivier8, Bourles Bernard9, Galle Sylvie1, Marticorena Beatrice10, Mougin Eric11, Peugeot Christophe12, Cappelaere Bernard12, Descroix Luc1, Diedhiou Arona1, Gaye Amadou13, Lafore Jean-Philippe14 | ||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : UJF Grenoble 1, IRD, CNRS, G INP,LTHE UMR 5564, F-38041 Grenoble, France. 2 : Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England. 3 : CNRS, LATMOS, IPSL, Paris, France. 4 : Deutsch Zentrum Luft & Raumfahrt, Inst Phys Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. 5 : CNRS, LMD, IPSL, Paris, France. 6 : CNRS, CNRM, Toulouse, France. 7 : SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA. 8 : LAREG, IGN, Paris, France. 9 : IRD, LEGOS, Toulouse, France. 10 : Hop Henri Mondor, CNRS, LISA, F-94010 Creteil, France. 11 : CNRS, LMTG, Toulouse, France. 12 : IRD, HSM, Montpellier, France. 13 : UCAD, Dakar, Senegal. 14 : Meteo France, CNRM, Toulouse, France. |
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Source | Atmospheric Science Letters (1530-261X) (Wiley-blackwell), 2011-01 , Vol. 12 , N. 1 , P. 123-128 | ||||||||
DOI | 10.1002/asl.323 | ||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 11 | ||||||||
Keyword(s) | field campaigns, instrument deployment, long-term monitoring, capacity building, West Africa | ||||||||
Abstract | The AMMA (African Monsoon Multidiscplinary Analysis) field programme aimed at documenting the West African Monsoon (WAM) climate system, in all its geophysical components. It also includes an important socio-economic component. Encompassing a wide range of spatial and time scales, AMMA is one of the most ambitious such programmes ever set up. While the key accomplishments of AMMA are summarised in this paper, a few lessons of broad interest are also drawn both as a tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by a community of several hundreds of people and as possible guidelines for ensuring a long lasting future to integrated climate and environmental studies in West Africa. | ||||||||
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