Introduction to the AMMA Special Issue on 'Advances in understanding atmospheric processes over West Africa through the AMMA field campaign'

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 2-7

  Lafore, J P ^a   Flamant, C ^b   Giraud, V ^c   Guichard, F ^a   Knippertz, P ^d   Mahfouf, J F ^a   Mascart, P ^e   Williams, E R ^f  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77949351655     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.583     Document Type: Editorial

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