AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa

Jan Polcher; Douglas J. Parker; Amadou Gaye; Arona Diedhiou; Laurence Eymard; Federico Fierli; Lorenzo Genesio; Hartmut Höller; Serge Janicot; Jean Philippe Lafore; Harouna Karambiri; Thierry Lebel; Jean Luc Redelsperger; Claire E. Reeves; Paolo Ruti; Inge Sandholt; Chris Thorncroft

doi:10.1002/asl.320

AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa

Jan Polcher
, Douglas J. Parker
, Amadou Gaye
, Arona Diedhiou
, Laurence Eymard
, Federico Fierli
, Lorenzo Genesio
, Hartmut Höller
, Serge Janicot
, Jean Philippe Lafore
, Harouna Karambiri
, Thierry Lebel
, Jean Luc Redelsperger
, Claire E. Reeves
, Paolo Ruti
, Inge Sandholt
, Chris Thorncroft

University of Leeds
Université Cheikh Anta DIOP
UJF
UPMC
Ev-K2-CNR Committee
DLR
Météo-France/CNRS
Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE)
University of East Anglia
ENEA Climate Modeling and Impacts
University of Copenhagen
State University of New York Albany

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Abstract

The AMMA (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) project set out to better understand the geophysical processes which govern the evolution of the monsoon and provide the science needed to improve prediction and decision-support systems. The control exerted by weather and climate on agronomic production, water resources and public health was studied to evaluate the potential for populations to adapt. AMMA made advances which have the potential to improve forecasts from weather to climate scales. Translating them into operational tools for decision making will require improvements to the observational networks, and stronger support for the organizations which generate and disseminate application forecasts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-6
Number of pages	5
Journal	Atmospheric Science Letters
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.320
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Agriculture
Climate
Forecasting
Health
Monitoring
Overview
Review
Water resources

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Polcher, J., Parker, D. J., Gaye, A., Diedhiou, A., Eymard, L., Fierli, F., Genesio, L., Höller, H., Janicot, S., Lafore, J. P., Karambiri, H., Lebel, T., Redelsperger, J. L., Reeves, C. E., Ruti, P., Sandholt, I., & Thorncroft, C. (2011). AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.320

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AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa

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