@article{fdi:010046577,
  title = {{L}arge-scale overview of the summer monsoon over {W}est {A}frica during the {AMMA} field experiment in 2006},
  author = {{J}anicot, {S}erge and {T}horncroft, {C}.{D}. and {A}li, {A}. and {A}sencio, {N}. and {B}erry, {G}. and {B}ock, {O}. and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard and {C}aniaux, {G}. and {C}hauvin, {F}. and {D}eme, {A}. and {K}ergoat, {L}. and {L}afore, {J}.{P}. and {L}avaysse, {C}. and {L}ebel, {T}hierry and {M}articorena, {B}. and {M}ounier, {F}lore and {N}edelec, {P}. and {R}edelsperger, {J}.{L}. and {R}avegnani, {F}. and {R}eeves, {C}.{E}. and {R}oca, {R}. and {D}e {R}osnay, {P}. and {S}chlager, {H}. and {S}ultan, {B}enjamin and {T}omasini, {M}. and {U}lanovsky, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {AMMA} ({A}frican {M}onsoon {M}ultidisciplinary {A}nalysis) program is dedicated to providing a better understanding of the {W}est {A}frican monsoon and its influence on the physical, chemical and biological environment regionally and globally, as well as relating variability of this monsoon system to issues of health, water resources, food security and demography for {W}est {A}frican nations. {W}ithin this framework, an intensive field campaign took place during the summer of 2006 to better document specific processes and weather systems at various key stages of this monsoon season. {T}his campaign was embedded within a longer observation period that documented the annual cycle of surface and atmospheric conditions between 2005 and 2007. {T}he present paper provides a large and regional scale overview of the 2006 summer monsoon season, that includes consideration of of the convective activity, mean atmospheric circulation and synoptic/intraseasonal weather systems, oceanic and land surface conditions, continental hydrology, dust concentration and ozone distribution. {T}he 2006 {A}frican summer monsoon was a near-normal rainy season except for a large-scale rainfall excess north of 15 degrees {N}. {T}his monsoon season was also characterized by a 10-day delayed onset compared to climatology, with convection becoming developed only after 10 {J}uly. {T}his onset delay impacted the continental hydrology, soil moisture and vegetation dynamics as well as dust emission. {M}ore details of some less-well-known atmospheric features in the {A}frican monsoon at intraseasonal and synoptic scales are provided in order to promote future research in these areas.},
  keywords = {{M}eteorology and atmospheric dynamics ; {C}limatology ; {P}recipitation ; {T}ropical meteorology},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnales {G}eophysicae - {A}tmospheres {H}ydrospheres and {S}pace {S}ciences},
  volume = {26},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {2569--2595},
  ISSN = {0992-7689},
  year = {2008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010046577},
}