The AMMA radiosonde program and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over africa

Douglas J. Parker (1) , Andreas Fink (2) , Serge Janicot (3) , Jean-Blaise Ngamini (4) , Michael Douglas (5) , Ernest Afiesimama (6) , Anna Agusti-Panareda (7) , Anton Beljaars (7) , Francis Didé , Arona Diedhiou (8) , Thierry Lebel (8) , Jan Polcher (9) , Jean-Luc Redelsperger (10) , Chris D. Thorncroft (11) , George Ato Wilson (12)

1 ICAS - Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science [Leeds]
2 University of Cologne
3 LOCEAN - Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques
4 ASECNA - Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
5 NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory
6 Nigerian Meteorology Agency
7 ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
8 LTHE - Laboratoire d'étude des transferts en hydrologie et environnement
9 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
10 CNRM - Centre national de recherches météorologiques
11 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences [Albany]
12 GMet

In the face of long-term decline, the AMMA research program has reactivated the radiosonde network over West Africa. The lessons learned in AMMA have significance for the upper-air network throughout the continent.

Domains: Meteorology; Hydrology; Global Changes

Douglas J. Parker, Andreas Fink, Serge Janicot, Jean-Blaise Ngamini, Michael Douglas, et al.. The AMMA radiosonde program and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over africa. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2008, 89 (7), pp.1015-1027. ⟨10.1175/2008BAMS2436.1⟩. ⟨insu-00389077⟩