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Affiner la recherche Interroger des sources externesSensitivity of GPS tropospheric estimates to mesoscale convective systems in West Africa / Samuel Nahmani in Atmospheric chemistry and physics, vol 19 n° 14 (July 2019)
Titre : Sensitivity of GPS tropospheric estimates to mesoscale convective systems in West Africa Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Samuel Nahmani Année de publication : 2019 Projets : VEGAN / Bock, Olivier, TOSCA / Bock, Olivier Article en page(s) : pp 9541 - 9561 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie spatiale
[Termes IGN] Afrique occidentale
[Termes IGN] analyse de sensibilité
[Termes IGN] bande C
[Termes IGN] convection
[Termes IGN] données GPS
[Termes IGN] GAMIT
[Termes IGN] GIPSY-OASIS
[Termes IGN] gradient de troposphère
[Termes IGN] meso échelle
[Termes IGN] modèle atmosphérique
[Termes IGN] Niger
[Termes IGN] propagation troposphérique
[Termes IGN] résidu
[Termes IGN] retard troposphérique zénithal
[Termes IGN] signal GPSRésumé : (Auteur) This study analyzes the characteristics of GPS tropospheric estimates (zenith wet delays – ZWDs, gradients, and post-fit phase residuals) during the passage of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) and evaluates their sensitivity to the research-level GPS data processing strategy implemented. Here, we focus on MCS events observed during the monsoon season of West Africa. This region is particularly well suited for the study of these events due to the high frequency of MCS occurrences in the contrasting climatic environments between the Guinean coast and the Sahel. This contrast is well sampled with data generated by six African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) GPS stations. Tropospheric estimates for a 3-year period (2006–2008), processed with both the GAMIT and GIPSY-OASIS software packages, were analyzed and intercompared. First, the case of a MCS that passed over Niamey, Niger, on 11 August 2006 demonstrates a strong impact of the MCS on GPS estimates and post-fit residuals when the GPS signals propagate through the convective cells as detected on reflectivity maps from the MIT C-band Doppler radar. The estimates are also capable of detecting changes in the structure and dynamics of the MCS. However, the sensitivity is different depending on the tropospheric modeling approach adopted in the software. With GIPSY-OASIS, the high temporal sampling (5 min) of ZWDs and gradients is well suited for detecting the small-scale, short-lived, convective cells, while the post-fit residuals remain quite small. With GAMIT, the lower temporal sampling of the estimated parameters (hourly for ZWDs and daily for gradients) is not sufficient to capture the rapid delay variations associated with the passage of the MCS, but the post-fit phase residuals clearly reflect the presence of a strong refractivity anomaly. The results are generalized with a composite analysis of 414 MCS events observed over the 3-year period at the six GPS stations with the GIPSY-OASIS estimates. A systematic peak is found in the ZWDs coincident with the cold pool crossing time associated with the MCSs. The tropospheric gradients reflect the path of the MCS propagation (generally from east to west). This study concludes that ZWDs, gradients, and post-fit phase residuals provide relevant and complementary information on MCSs passing over or in the vicinity of a GPS station. Numéro de notice : A2019-572 Affiliation des auteurs : Géodésie+Ext (mi2018-2019) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.5194/acp-19-9541-2019 Date de publication en ligne : 29/07/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9541-2019 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94444
in Atmospheric chemistry and physics > vol 19 n° 14 (July 2019) . - pp 9541 - 9561[article]
Titre : Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christopher M. Taylor, Auteur ; Danijel Belušić, Auteur ; Françoise Guichard, Auteur ; Douglas J. Parker, Auteur ; Théo Vischel, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2017 Projets : AMMA & AMMA-2 / Janicot, Serge Article en page(s) : pp 475 - 478 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique
[Termes IGN] changement climatique
[Termes IGN] convection
[Termes IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes IGN] pluie
[Termes IGN] Sahara, désert du
[Termes IGN] Sahel
[Termes IGN] température
[Termes IGN] tempêteRésumé : (auteur) The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify under global warming, with studies reporting more frequent extreme rain events in many regions of the world, and predicting increases in future flood frequency. Such early, predominantly mid-latitude observations are essential because of shortcomings within climate models in their depiction of convective rainfall. A globally important group of intense storms—mesoscale convective systems (MCSs)—poses a particular challenge, because they organize dynamically on spatial scales that cannot be resolved by conventional climate models. Here, we use 35 years of satellite observations from the West African Sahel to reveal a persistent increase in the frequency of the most intense MCSs. Sahelian storms are some of the most powerful on the planet, and rain gauges in this region have recorded a rise in ‘extreme’ daily rainfall totals. We find that intense MCS frequency is only weakly related to the multidecadal recovery of Sahel annual rainfall, but is highly correlated with global land temperatures. Analysis of trends across Africa reveals that MCS intensification is limited to a narrow band south of the Sahara desert. During this period, wet-season Sahelian temperatures have not risen, ruling out the possibility that rainfall has intensified in response to locally warmer conditions. On the other hand, the meridional temperature gradient spanning the Sahel has increased in recent decades, consistent with anthropogenic forcing driving enhanced Saharan warming. We argue that Saharan warming intensifies convection within Sahelian MCSs through increased wind shear and changes to the Saharan air layer. The meridional gradient is projected to strengthen throughout the twenty-first century, suggesting that the Sahel will experience particularly marked increases in extreme rain. The remarkably rapid intensification of Sahelian MCSs since the 1980s sheds new light on the response of organized tropical convection to global warming, and challenges conventional projections made by general circulation models. Numéro de notice : A2017-859 Affiliation des auteurs : LASTIG LAREG+Ext (2012-mi2018) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1038/nature22069 Date de publication en ligne : 26/04/2017 En ligne : http://doi.org/10.1038/nature22069 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=89838
in Nature letters > vol 544 n° 7651 (27 April 2017) . - pp 475 - 478[article]
Titre : Mesoscale water cycle within the West African Monsoon Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christophe Peugeot, Auteur ; Françoise Guichard, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2011 Projets : AMMA & AMMA-2 / Janicot, Serge Article en page(s) : pp 45 - 50 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes IGN] Afrique occidentale
[Termes IGN] Bénin
[Termes IGN] bilan hydrique
[Termes IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes IGN] évapotranspiration
[Termes IGN] modèle météorologique
[Termes IGN] mousson
[Termes IGN] Niger
[Termes IGN] précipitation
[Termes IGN] station GPSRésumé : (Auteur) We review the main studies on mesoscale water cycle from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project. The estimations of precipitation and evapotranspiration, which are the coupling terms between the atmosphere and the surface water cycles, are addressed. Advances in the evaluation of the various components of atmospheric and surface water budgets are reported, and the yearly surface budgets for the Benin and Niger AMMA mesoscale sites are given as examples. The major outcomes and limitations of atmosphere‐surface model coupling exercises are also reported. The paper concludes with suggestions on the research directions on which the community should make future efforts. Numéro de notice : A2011-595 Affiliation des auteurs : LAREG+Ext (1991-2011) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : doi.org/10.1002/asl.309 Date de publication en ligne : 22/02/2011 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.309 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91527
in Atmospheric Science Letters > vol 12 n° 1 (January - March 2011) . - pp 45 - 50[article]
Titre : The large‐scale water cycle of the West African monsoon Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2011 Projets : AMMA & AMMA-2 / Janicot, Serge Article en page(s) : pp 51 - 57 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes IGN] Afrique occidentale
[Termes IGN] analyse comparative
[Termes IGN] analyse diachronique
[Termes IGN] bilan hydrique
[Termes IGN] coordonnées GPS
[Termes IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes IGN] modèle météorologique
[Termes IGN] mousson
[Termes IGN] vapeur d'eau
[Termes IGN] variation saisonnièreRésumé : (Auteur) The vertically integrated water budget of West Africa is investigated with a hybrid dataset based on observational and modelling products elaborated by the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) and with several numerical weather prediction (NWP) products including the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) AMMA reanalysis. Seasonal and intraseasonal variations are quantified over the period 2002–2007. Links between the budget terms are analyzed regionally, from the Guinean coast to the Sahel zone. Water budgets from the NWP systems are intercompared and evaluated against the hybrid dataset. Large deficiencies are evidenced in all the NWP products. Hypotheses are proposed about their origins and several improvements are foreseen. Copyright © 2010 Royal Meteorological Society. Numéro de notice : A2011-593 Affiliation des auteurs : LAREG+Ext (1991-2011) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1002/asl.288 Date de publication en ligne : 16/08/2010 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.288 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91516
in Atmospheric Science Letters > vol 12 n° 1 (January - March 2011) . - pp 51 - 57[article]
Titre : West African Monsoon water cycle: 1. A hybrid water budget data set Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Rémi Meynadier, Auteur ; Olivier Bock Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : 21 p. Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale
[Termes IGN] Afrique occidentale
[Termes IGN] bilan hydrique
[Termes IGN] coordonnées GPS
[Termes IGN] données météorologiques
[Termes IGN] évapotranspiration
[Termes IGN] mousson
[Termes IGN] précipitation
[Termes IGN] teneur en vapeur d'eau
[Termes IGN] variation saisonnièreRésumé : (auteur) This study investigates the West African Monsoon water cycle with the help of a new hybrid water budget data set developed within the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses. Surface water and energy fluxes are estimated from an ensemble of land surface model simulations forced with elaborate precipitation and radiation products derived from satellite observations, while precipitable water tendencies are estimated from numerical weather prediction analyses. Vertically integrated atmospheric moisture flux convergence is estimated as a residual. This approach provides an advanced, comprehensive atmospheric water budget, including evapotranspiration, rainfall, and atmospheric moisture flux convergence, together with other surface fluxes such as runoff and net radiation. The annual mean and the seasonal cycle of the atmospheric water budget are presented and the couplings between budget terms are discussed for three climatologically distinct latitudinal bands between 6°N and 20°N. West Africa is shown to be alternatively a net source and sink region of atmospheric moisture, depending on the season (a source during the dry season and a sink during the wet season). Several limiting and controlling factors of the regional water cycle are highlighted, suggesting strong sensitivity to atmospheric dynamics and surface radiation. Some insight is also given into the underlying smaller‐scale processes. The relationship between evapotranspiration and precipitation is shown to be very different between the Sahel and the regions more to the south and partly controlled by net surface radiation. Strong correlations are found between precipitation and moisture flux convergence over the whole region from daily to interannual time scales. Causality is also established between monthly mean anomalies. Hence, precipitation anomalies are preceded by moisture flux convergence anomalies and followed by moisture flux divergence and evapotranspiration anomalies. The results are discussed in comparison to other studies. Numéro de notice : A2010-653 Affiliation des auteurs : LAREG+Ext (1991-2011) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1029/2010JD013917 Date de publication en ligne : 01/10/2010 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD013917 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=91724
in Journal of geophysical research : Atmospheres > vol 115 n° D19 (2010) . - 21 p.[article]Documents numériques
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