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RISThe West African Monsoon Dynamics. Part I: Documentation of Intraseasonal Variability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Intraseasonal variability in the West African monsoon is documented by using daily gridded datasets of rainfall and convection, and reanalyzed atmospheric fields, over the period 1968?90. Rainfall and convection over West ...
Rainfall Estimation in the Sahel. Part II: Evaluation of Rain Gauge Networks in the CILSS Countries and Objective Intercomparison of Rainfall Products
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study investigates the accuracy of various precipitation products for the Sahel. A first set of products is made of three ground-based precipitation estimates elaborated regionally from the gauge data collected by ...
Investigating the West African Climate System Using Global/Regional Climate Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A three-day workshop took place at Howard University in Washington D.C. 27 July through 29 July 2000 to examine scientific and social issues associated with climate research in West Africa. Atmospheric scientists from West ...
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) is an international project to improve our knowledge and understanding of the West African monsoon (WAM) and its variability with an emphasis on daily-to-interannual time ...
The Amma Radiosonde Program and its Implications for the Future of Atmospheric Monitoring Over Africa
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This article describes the upper-air program, which has been conducted as part of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA). Since 2004, AMMA scientists have been working in partnership with operational agencies ...