Field and simulation experiments for investigating regional land-atmosphere interactions in West Africa: Experimental set-up and first results

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 359, Issue , 2013, Pages 226-232

  Bliefernicht, Jan ^a   Kunstmann, Harald ^a,b   Hingerl, Luitpold ^a   Rummler, Thomas ^a   Andresen, Sabine ^b   Mauder, Matthias ^b   Steinbrecher, Rainer ^b   Frieß, René ^a   Gochis, David ^d   Gessner, Ursula ^c   Quensah, Emmanuel ^f   Awotuse, Ayoola ^f   Neidl, Frank ^b   Jahn, Carsten ^b   Barry, Boubacar ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e International Water Management Institute   (Burkina Faso)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Coupled atmospheric hydrological simulations; Eddy covariance stations; Hydro meteorological fluxes; Land surface model; Land atmosphere interactions; Precipitation; Weather Research and Forecasting model; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

COUPLED ATMOSPHERIC-HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WEST AFRICA;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EDDY COVARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84901351855     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (22)

1. Baldocchi, D., Falge, E., Gu, L., Olson, R., Hollinger, D., Running, S. & Wofsy, S. (2001) FLUXNET: a new tool to study the temporal ana spatial variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy flux densities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82(11), 2415-2434.
2. Chen, F. & Dudhia, J. (2001) Coupling an advanced land surface-hydrology model with the Perm State-NCAR MM5 modeling system. Part I: Model implementation and sensitivity. Monthly Weather Review 129, 569-585.
3. Decker, M., Brunke, M.A., Wang, Z., Sakaguchi, K., Zeng, X. & Bosilovich, M.G. (2012) Evaluation of the Reanalysis Products from GSFC, NCEP, and ECMWF using flux tower observations. J. Climate, 25, 1916-1944.
4. Dee, D.P. et al. (2011) The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 137, 553-597.
5. FluxNet (2012) A global network - historical site status, http://fluxnet.ornl.gov/site-status; 26.12.2012.
6. Gessner, U., Bliefemicht, J., Rahmann, M. & Dech, S. (2012) Land cover maps as input for regional climate modeling in West Africa - a comparison of datasets. 32nd EARSeL Symposium.
7. Gochis, D. J., Wei, Y. & David, N.Y. (2010) The NCAR Distributed Hydrological Modeling System (NDHMS): User's guide and technical description.
8. Grote, R., Lehmann E., Brummer G, Brüggemann N., Szarzynski, J. & Kunstmann, H. (2009) Modelling and observation of biosphere atmosphere interactions in natural savannah in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 34, 251-260.
9. Grell, G. A., Dudhia, J. & Stauffer, D.R. (1994) A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model: MM5, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division.
10. Jegede, O.O., Mauder, M., Okogbue, E.C., Foken, T., Balogun, E.E., Adedokun, J.A., Oladiran, E.O., Omotosho, J.A., Balogun, A.A., Olandosu, O.R., Sunmonu, L.A., Ayoola, M.A., Aregbesola, T.O., Ogolo, E.O., Nymphas, E.F., Adeniyi, M.O., Olantona, G.I., Lapido, K.O., Ohamobi, S.I., Gbobaniyi, E.O. & Akinlade, G.O. (2004) The Nigerian Micrometeorological Experiment (NIMEX-1): An overview. Ife J. Sci. 6, 191-202.
11. Jung, G. & Kunstmann, H. (2007) High-resolution regional climate modeling for the Volta region of West Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23108.
12. Jung, G., Wagner, S. & Kunstmann, H. (2012) Joint climate-hydrology modeling: an impact study for the data-sparse environment of the Volta Basin in West Africa, 2012. Hydrology Research 43(3), 231-248.
13. Mauder, M., Jegede, O.O., Okogbue, E.C., Wimmer, F. & Foken, T. (2007) Surface energy balance measurements at a tropical site in West Africa during the transition from dry to wet season. Theor. Appl. Climalol. 89, 171-183.
14. Mauder, M. & Foken, T. (2011) Documentation and Instruction Manual of the Eddy-Covariance Software Package TK3. Universität Bayreuth, Abteilung Mikrometeorologie. Arbeitsergebnisse 46, 60 pp. (ISSN 1614-8924).
15. Paeth, H., Hall, N.M., Gaertner, M.A., Alonso, M.D., Moumouni, S., Polcher, J. & Rummukainen, M. (2011) Progress in regional downscaling of West African precipitation. Atmospheric Science Letters 12(1), 75-82.
16. Rummler, T. (2011) Hochaufgelöste hydrometeorologische Simulationen im komplexen Gelände mit WRF-NDHMS. Diploma Thesis, University Augsburg, Germany.
17. Saux-Picart, S., Ottlé, G, Perrier, A., Decharme, B., Coudert, B., Zribi, M., Boulain, N., Cappelaere, B. & Ramier, D. (2009) SEtHyS Savannah: A multiple source land surface model applied to Sahelian landscapes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149(9), 1421-1432.
18. Sandholt, I., Andersen, J., Dybkjaer, G., Nyborg, L., Lô, M., Rasmussen, K., Refsgaard, J.-G, Jensen, K.H. & Touré, A. (2003). Integration of earth observation data in distributed hydrological models: the Senegal River basin. The Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 29(6), 701-710.
19. Skamarock, W.G., and Klemp., J. B., Dudhia, J., Gill, D.O., Barker, D.M., Duda, M., Huang X.-Y., Wang, W. & Powers, J.G. (2008) A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3, NCAR Technical Note.
20. Verhoef, A., Allen, S.J., De Bruin, H.A.R., Jacobs, GM.J. & Heusinkveld, B.G. (1996) Fluxes of carbon dioxide and water vapour from a Sahelian savanna. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 80, 231-248.
21. Wagner, S., Kunstmann, H. & Bárdossy, A. (2006) Model based distributed water balance monitoring of the White Volta catchment in West Africa through coupled meteorological-hydrological simulations. Adv. GeoSci. 9, 39-44.
22. Wagner, S., Kunstmann, H., Bárdossy, A., Conrad, C. & Colditz, R.R. (2009) Water balance estimation of a poorly gauged catchment in West Africa using dynamically downscaled meteorological fields and remote sensing information. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 34, 225-235.