Lebel Thierry auteur aut IRD Parker D.J. auteur aut IRD Flamant C. auteur aut IRD Holler H. auteur aut IRD Polcher J. auteur aut IRD Redelsperger J. L. auteur aut IRD Thorncroft C. auteur aut IRD Bock O. auteur aut IRD Bourlès Bernard auteur aut IRD Galle Sylvie auteur aut IRD Marticorena B. auteur aut IRD Mougin E. auteur aut IRD Peugeot Christophe auteur aut IRD Cappelaere Bernard auteur aut IRD Descroix Luc auteur aut IRD Diedhiou Arona auteur aut IRD Gaye A. auteur aut IRD Lafore J.P. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The AMMA (African Monsoon Multidiscplinary Analysis) field programme aimed at documenting the West African Monsoon (WAM) climate system, in all its geophysical components. It also includes an important socio-economic component. Encompassing a wide range of spatial and time scales, AMMA is one of the most ambitious such programmes ever set up. While 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 West Africa. Copyright. specialized field campaigns instrument deployment long-term monitoring capacity building West Africa 021 032 12 1 123-128 2011 1530-261X https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053182 10.1002/asl.323 1530-261X [F B010053182] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053182 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers15-10/010053182.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2011-04-07 2017-08-23 fdi:010053182 fre