Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies
This paper reviews West African land/atmosphere interaction studies during the past decade. Four issues are addressed in this paper: land data development, land/atmosphere interactions at seasonal-interannual scales, mesoscale studies, and the future prospective. The development of the AMMA Land Sur...
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| description | This paper reviews West African land/atmosphere interaction studies during the past decade. Four issues are addressed in this paper: land data development, land/atmosphere interactions at seasonal-interannual scales, mesoscale studies, and the future prospective. The development of the AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project has produced a valuable analysis of the land surface state and fluxes which have been applied in a number of large-scale African regional studies. In seasonal-interannual West African climate studies, the latest evidence from satellite data analyses and modeling studies confirm that the West African region has a climate which is particularly sensitive to land surface processes and there is a strong coupling between land surface processes and regional climate at intraseasonal/seasonal scales. These studies indicate that proper land surface process representations and land status initialization would substantially improve predictions and enhance the predictability of West African climate. Mesoscale studies have revealed new understanding of how soil moisture heterogeneity influences the development of convective storms over the course of the diurnal cycle. Finally, several important issues regarding the future prospective are briefly addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30f52377cf474e50a239b1339e4e824d2025-08-20T03:55:12ZengWileyInternational Journal of Geophysics1687-885X1687-88682012-01-01201210.1155/2012/748921748921Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction StudiesYongkang Xue0Aaron Boone1Christopher M. Taylor2Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAMeteo-France, CNRM, Toulouse, FranceCentre for Ecology & Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8BB, UKThis paper reviews West African land/atmosphere interaction studies during the past decade. Four issues are addressed in this paper: land data development, land/atmosphere interactions at seasonal-interannual scales, mesoscale studies, and the future prospective. The development of the AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project has produced a valuable analysis of the land surface state and fluxes which have been applied in a number of large-scale African regional studies. In seasonal-interannual West African climate studies, the latest evidence from satellite data analyses and modeling studies confirm that the West African region has a climate which is particularly sensitive to land surface processes and there is a strong coupling between land surface processes and regional climate at intraseasonal/seasonal scales. These studies indicate that proper land surface process representations and land status initialization would substantially improve predictions and enhance the predictability of West African climate. Mesoscale studies have revealed new understanding of how soil moisture heterogeneity influences the development of convective storms over the course of the diurnal cycle. Finally, several important issues regarding the future prospective are briefly addressed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/748921 |
| spellingShingle | Yongkang Xue Aaron Boone Christopher M. Taylor Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies International Journal of Geophysics |
| title | Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies |
| title_full | Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies |
| title_fullStr | Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies |
| title_short | Review of Recent Developments and the Future Prospective in West African Atmosphere/Land Interaction Studies |
| title_sort | review of recent developments and the future prospective in west african atmosphere land interaction studies |
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