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The West African climate system: a review of the AMMA model inter-comparison initiatives

A. Boone
Idir Bouarar
Kathy S. Law
Brice Barret
C. Mari
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We review the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) model inter-comparison activities for West Africa. The Model Inter-comparison Project is an evaluation exercise of how global and regional atmospheric models represent seasonal and intra-seasonal variations of the climate and rainfall over the Sahel. The Land surface Model Inter-comparison Project in turn focuses on modelling critical land surface processes over West Africa and on their link with the atmosphere. The CHEmistry Model Inter-comparison Project (CHEMIP) is a comparison of the tropospheric composition as simulated by a number of Chemical Transport Models (CTM) and Chemistry-Climate Models. We highlight the main model limitations and provide recommendations for future development.
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hal-00570059 , version 1 (22-12-2020)

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P. M. Ruti, J. E. Williams, F. Hourdin, F. Guichard, A. Boone, et al.. The West African climate system: a review of the AMMA model inter-comparison initiatives. Atmospheric Science Letters, 2011, 12 (14-15), pp.116-122. ⟨10.1002/asl.305⟩. ⟨hal-00570059⟩
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