AMMA Press releases

Second International AMMA Conference in Karlsruhe, Germany : Results and Prospects


AMMA Summary news release and Press Report of 26 th of November 2007: English version, French version

The Second International AMMA Conference has been held in Karlsruhe from 26 to 30 November 2007. More than 350 scientists were present. Five days of scientific sessions provide the opportunity to assess the first intensive observation campaign of 2006. A review has been made of the advances of knowledge on the mechanisms behind the monsoon, the links between this region’s climate and the global climate, and of applications of such research for development and the questions it generates.

 

The second field campaign of AMMA : The scientific community is mobilized in West Africa to study the monsoon.

Second press release of 13th of July 2006. English version (pdf, 86 KB), French version (pdf, 73 KB)

The Special Observing Period of the international AMMA program, taking place in the summer of 2006 in Niamey was officially launched on the 9 th of July. Its focus is to study processes specific of the main phases of the monsoon cycle, that is from the monsoon onset, which occurs typically near the end of June (phase 1) to the well developed monsoon (phase 2) marked by a peak of the rainy season over the Sahel, and a small dry season on the coast from the end of June to mid-September. The overarching goal of this summer Special Observing Periods (SOPs) is to enhance our knowledge of the ocean-surface-atmosphere interactions in order to gain insight into the processes responsible for the inter-annual variability of rainy season over West Africa .

For the first time, an important instrumental deployment composed of six research aircraft, balloon-borne sounds, three research vessels, and ground-based instrument platforms will be developed simultaneously by French, British, German and American scientists with the support of a number of African agencies and a major financial contribution of the European Commission through its 6 th framework programme.