@article{fdi:010053182, title = {{T}he {AMMA} field campaigns : accomplishments and lessons learned}, author = {{L}ebel, {T}hierry and {P}arker, {D}.{J}. and {F}lamant, {C}. and {H}oller, {H}. and {P}olcher, {J}. and {R}edelsperger, {J}. {L}. and {T}horncroft, {C}. and {B}ock, {O}. and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard and {G}alle, {S}ylvie and {M}articorena, {B}. and {M}ougin, {E}. and {P}eugeot, {C}hristophe and {C}appelaere, {B}ernard and {D}escroix, {L}uc and {D}iedhiou, {A}rona and {G}aye, {A}. and {L}afore, {J}.{P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he {AMMA} ({A}frican {M}onsoon {M}ultidiscplinary {A}nalysis) field programme aimed at documenting the {W}est {A}frican {M}onsoon ({WAM}) climate system, in all its geophysical components. {I}t also includes an important socio-economic component. {E}ncompassing a wide range of spatial and time scales, {AMMA} is one of the most ambitious such programmes ever set up. {W}hile the key accomplishments of {AMMA} are summarised in this paper, a few lessons of broad interest are also drawn both as a tribute to the extraordinary efforts made by a community of several hundreds of people and as possible guidelines for ensuring a long lasting future to integrated climate and environmental studies in {W}est {A}frica. {C}opyright.}, keywords = {field campaigns ; instrument deployment ; long-term monitoring ; capacity ; building ; {W}est {A}frica}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}tmospheric {S}cience {L}etters}, volume = {12}, numero = {1}, pages = {123--128}, ISSN = {1530-261{X}}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1002/asl.323}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053182}, }