AMMA
An International Research Project and Field Campaign
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
Afrikanske Monsun : Multidisiplinære Analyser
Afrikanischer Monsun: Multidisziplinäre Analysen
Analisis Multidiciplinar de los Monzones Africanos
Analyses Multidisciplinaires de la Mousson Africaine
Aims
- (1) To improve our understanding of the West African Monsoon
and its influence on the physical, chemical and
- biological environment
regionally and globally.
(2) To provide the underpinning science that relates climate variability
to issues of health, water resources and - food security for West
African nations and defining relevant monitoring strategies.
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Approach
- To achieve these aims a multidisciplinary approach to the study
of the WAM is required involving substantial international collaboration. AMMA will link
observations, data analysis and modeling on a wide range of space and time scales. The
project will address the following interacting science areas: Monsoon dynamics and scale
interactions, continental water cycle, aerosols, atmospheric chemistry, food, water and
health.
- AMMA is planned to be a multi-year project and will involve 3
observing periods:The Long term Observing Period (LOP), The Enhanced Observing Period
(EOP) and The Special Observing Period (SOP).
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