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).
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. AgustÃ-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).
DomÃnguez, 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, S. Gascoin, G. Balsamo, C. Ottlé, B. Decharme, S.Saux-Picart
and G. Ramillien, 2011: Land water storage changes over West Africa
estimated by GRACE and land surface models. Wat. Res. Res.,
47 , W05549. doi:10.1029/2009WR008856.
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.
Lohou, F., L. Kergoat, F. Guichard, A. Boone, B. Cappelaere,
J.-M. Cohard,
J. Demarty, S. Galle, C. Peugeot, D. Ramier, C. Taylor and F. Timouk,
2014:
Surface response to rain events throughout the West African monsoon.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 3883--3898.
doi:10.5194/acp-14-3883-2014
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).
Pedinotti, V., A. Boone, B. Decharme, J.-F. Crétaux, N. Mognard,
G. Panthou,
and F. Papa, 2012: Characterization of the hydrological functioning of
the Niger
basin using the ISBA-TRIP model. Hydrol. and Earth Sys. Sci.,
16, 1745-1773, doi:10.5194/hess-16-1745-2012
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., 12, 45-50. DOI: 10.1002/asl.309
Peugeot, C., O. Bock, A. Boone, B. Cappelaere, M. Gosset,
R. Meynadier, L. Séguis, T. Lebel, and J-L. Redelsperger, 2012:
Le cycle de l'eau dans le système de mousson d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
La Métérologie, 55-63 - http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00751518
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. DomÃnguez, 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., 12, 116-122. DOI: 10.1002/asl.305
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., 12, 38-44. DOI: 10.1002/asl.336
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., doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0778-2.
Yin, Z., S. C. Dekker, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2014:
Effects of vegetation structure on biomass accumulation in a
Balanced Optimality Structure Vegetation Model (BOSVM v1.0)
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 821â845.
doi:10.5194/gmd-7-821-2014
Yin, Z., S. C. Dekker, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, and H. A. Dijkstra,
2014: Bimodality of woody cover and biomass across the precipitation
gradient in West Africa.
Earth Syst. Dynam., 5, 257â270.
doi:10.5194/esd-5-257-2014
