AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project

Please note, if you wish to have a comprehensive overview of ALMIP or you wish to cite ALMIP (for example, you are using data from the project, etc.), please refer to Boone et al., (2009).

ALMIP

de Rosnay, P., A. Boone, A. Beljaars, and J. Polcher, 2006: AMMA Land-Surface modeling and intercomparison projects. GEWEX News, February, 16 (1), 10-11.
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Boone, A. and de Rosnay, P., 2007: AMMA forcing data for a better understanding of the West African monsoon surface-atmosphere interactions. Quantification and Reduction of Predictive Uncertainty for Sustainable Water Resource Management. IAHS Publ., 313, 231-241.

Boone, A. and P. deRosnay, 2007: Towards the improved understanding of land-surface processes and coupling with the atmosphere over West Africa. iLEAPS Newletter, 3, 33-34.
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Boone, A., P. de Rosnay, G. Basalmo, A. Beljaars, F. Chopin, B. Decharme, C. Delire, A. Ducharne, S. Gascoin, M. Grippa, F. Guichard, Y. Gusev, P. Harris, L. Jarlan, L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, O. Nasonova, A. Norgaard, T. Orgeval, C. Ottlé, I. Poccard-Leclercq, J. Polcher, I. Sandholt, S. Saux-Picart, C. Taylor, and Y. Xue, 2009: The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90(12), 1865-1880, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2786.1 Download PDF

Boone, A., A. C. V. Getirana, J. Demarty, B. Cappelaere, S. Galle, M. Grippa, T. Lebel, E. Mougin, C. Peugeot and T. Vischel, 2009: The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) Land surface Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2 (ALMIP2). GEWEX News, Novemeber, 19(4), 9-10. (Download PDF)

Studies Using ALMIP diagnostics

Note that these studies use outputs from 1 or more of the ALMIP models and experiments. Note that this list is not comprehensive! If you used ALMIP data for a published study, please let us know.

Agusti-Panareda, A., G. Balsamo, and A. Beljaars, 2009: Impact of improved soil moisture on the ECMWF precipitation forecast in West Africa. Geophys. Res. Letters, (submitted).

Bock, O., R. Meynadier, F. Guichard, P. Roucou, A. Boone, J.L. Redelsperger, and S. Janicot, 2008: Assessment of water budgets computed from NWP models and observational datasets during AMMA-EOP, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-02 May, 2008, Orlando, Florida.

O. Bock, F. Guichard, R. Meynadier, S. Gervois, A. Agustí-Panareda, A. Beljaars, A. Boone, M. Nuret, J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Roucou, 2010: The large scale water cycle of the West African Monsoon. Atmos. Sci. Let., (accepted).

Boone, A., Y. Xue, I. Poccard-Leclerq, J. Feng, F. de Sales, and P. deRosnay, 2009: Evaluation of the WAMME model surface fluxes using results from the AMMA land-surface model intercomparison project. Clim. Dynamics, (in press: available online), DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0653-1

Delon, C., C. Galy-Lacaux, A. Boone, C. Liousse, D. Serça, M. Adon, B. Diop, A. Akpo, F. Lavenu, E. Mougin, and F. Timouk, 2009: Atmospheric Nitrogen budget in Sahelian dry savannas. Atmos. Phys. and Chem., (accepted).

Domínguez, M., M. A. Gaertner and P. de Rosnay, 2008: A regional climate model simulation over West Africa: parameterization tests and analysis of land surface fields. Clim. Dynamics, (in press).

Gascoin, S., 2010: Importance of topsoil hydrodynamic parameterization for modeling land surface fluxes in West Africa. La Houille Blanche, 5, doi 10.1051/LHB/2010059.

Grippa, M., L. Kergoat, F. Frappart, Q. Araud, A. Boone, P. de Rosnay, J.-M. Lemoine, and the ALMIP working group, 2009: Land water storage changes over West Africa estimated by GRACE and land surface models Wat. Res. Res., (under revision).

Guichard, F., N. Asencio, C. Peugot, O. Bock, J.-L. Redelsperger, X. Cui, M. Garvert, B. Lamptey, E. Orlandi, J. Sander, F. Fierli, M. A. Gaertner, S. Jones, J.-P. Lafore, A. Morse, M. Nuret, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, P. deRosnay, B. Decharme, P. Harris, and J.-C. Berges, 2010: An intercomparison of simulated rainfall and evapotranspiration associated with a mesoscale convective system over West Africa. Wea. and Forecasting, 25, 37-60. doi : 10.1175/2009WAF2222250.1

Hourdin, F., F. Guichard, F. Favot, P. Marquet, A. Boone, J.-P. Lafore and J.-L. Redelsperger, P. Ruti, A. Dell'Aquila, T. L. Doval, A. K. Traore, and H. Gallee, 2010: AMMA-Model Intercomparison Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1(1), 95-104.

Meynadier, R., O. Bock, F. Guichard, A. Boone, P. Roucou, J.-L. Redelsperger, 2010: Investigation of the West African Monsoon water cycle. Part I: A hybrid water budget dataset. J. Geophys. Res., (accepted).

Peugeot, C., F. Guichard, O. Bock, D. Bouniol, M. Chong, A. Boone, B. Capplaere, S. Galle, M. Gosset, L. Séguis, A. Zannou, and J.-L. Redelsperger, 2010: Meso-scale water cycle within the West African monsoon. Atmos. Sci. Let., (submitted).

de Rosnay, P., M. Drusch, J.-P. Wigneron, T. Holmes, G. Balsamo, A. Boone, C. Rudiger, J.-C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, 2008: Soil moisture remote sensing for numerical weather prediction: L-band and C-band emission modeling over land surfaces, the community microwave emission model (CMEM). Proceedings from IGARRS IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, 6-11 July 2008, 563-566. (Download PDF)

de Rosnay P., M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher and J.P. Wigneron, 2008: Microwave Land Surface modelling evaluation against AMSR-E data over West Africa. The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model (ALMIP-MEM). J. Geophys. Res., 114, D05108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010724.

de Rosnay, P., M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher and J-P. Wigneron, 2008: The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM ECMWF Technical Memorandum, 565, July 2008, 28 pp.

Ruti, P. M., J. E. Williams, F. Hourdin, F. Guichard, A. Boone, P. Van Velthoven, F. Favot, I. Musat, M. Rumukkainen, M. Domínguez, M. A. Gaertner, J.-P. Lafore, T. Losada, M. B. Rodriguez de Fonseca, J. Polcher, F. Giorgi,Y. Xue, I. Bouarar, K. Law, B. Josse, B. Barret, X. Yang, C. Mari, and A. K. Traore, 2010: Modeling the West African climate system: systematic errors and future steps. Atmos. Sci. Let., (accepted).

Steiner, A., J. Pal, S. Rauscher, J. Bell, N. Diffenbaugh, A. Boone, L. Sloan and F. Giorgi, 2009: Land surface coupling in regional climate simulations of the West African monsoon. Clim. Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0543-6.

Taylor, C. M., D. J. Parker, N. Kalthoff, M. A. Gaertner, N. Philippon, S. Bastin, P. P. Harris, A. Boone, F. Guichard, C. Flamant, J.-Y. Grandpeix, P. Cerlini, M. Baldi, L. Descroix, H. Douville, J. Polcher, A. Agusti-Panareda, 2010: New perspectives on land-atmosphere feedbacks from the African monsoon multidisciplinary analysis (AMMA), Atmos. Sci. Let., (submitted).

Tulet, P., M. Mallet, V. Pont, J. Pelon, and A. Boone, 2008: The 7-12 March dust storm over West Africa: Mineral dust generation and vertical layering in the atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00C08, doi:10.1029/2008JD009871.

Xue, Y., K.-M. Lau, K. H. Cook, D. Rowell, A. Boone, J. Feng, T. Bruecher, F. De Sales, P. Dirmeyer, L. M. Druyan, A. Fink, M. Fulakeza, Z. Guo, S. M. Hagos, S. S. Ibrah, K.-M. Kim, A. Kitoh, A. Konare, V. Kumar1, P. Lonergan, M. Pasqui1, I. Poccard-Leclercq, N. Mahowald, W. Moufouma-Okia, P. Pegion, J. K. Schemm, S. D. Schubert, A. Sealy, W. M. Thiaw, A. Vintzileos, E. K. Vizy, S. Williams, M.-L. C. Wu, 2010: The West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation project (WAMME) and its First Model Intercomparison Experiment. Clim. Dyn., (accepted).