The Amma radiosonde program and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1015-1027

  Parker, Douglas J ^a   Fink, Andreas ^b   Janicot, Serge ^c   Ngamini, Jean Blaise ^d   Douglas, Michael ^e   Afiesimama, Ernest ^f   Agusti Panareda, Anna ^g   Beljaars, Anton ^g   Dide, Francis ^h   Diedhiou, Arona ⁱ   Lebel, Thierry ⁱ   Polcher, Jan ^j   Redelspergerk, Jean Luc ^k   Thorncroft, Chris ^l   Wilson, George Ato ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d ASECNA   (Senegal)

^e NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^h DMN ^*  (South Africa)

ⁱ LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^l STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^m GMet   (Ghana)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; RADIOSONDES; SENSOR NETWORKS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICAN MONSOON MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; CLIMATE PREDICTIONS; GROUND-BASED; HARSH ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH-QUALITY; MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION; NEW STATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; UPPER AIR; WEST-AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERICS;

EID: 51349086709     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2436.1     Document Type: Article

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