The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 8-33

  Lebel, T ^a   Parker, D J ^b   Flamant, C ^c   Bourles B ^a   Marticorena, B ^c   Mougin, E ^c   Peugeot, C ^d   Diedhiou, A ^a   Haywood, J M ^e   Ngamini, J B ^f   Polcher, J ^g   Redelsperger, J L ^c   Thorncroft, C D ^h  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f ASECNA ^*  (Senegal)

^g LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Monitoring; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MAIN GROUP; MONITORING NETWORK; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTISCALES; ON TIME; REGIONAL MAPS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SENSORS;

MONITORING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLIMATOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; SENSOR;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77949375201     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.486     Document Type: Article

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