A meteorological and chemical overview of the DACCIWA field campaign in West Africa in June–July 2016

Knippertz, Peter; Fink, Andreas H.; Deroubaix, Adrien; Morris, Eleanor; Tocquer, Flore; Evans, Mat J.; Flamant, Cyrille; Gaetani, Marco; Lavaysse, Christophe; Mari, Celine; Marsham, John H.; Meynadier, Rémi; Affo-Dogo, Abalo; Bahaga, Titike; Brosse, Fabien; Deetz, Konrad; Guebsi, Ridha; Latifou, Issaou; Maranan, Marlon; Rosenberg, Philip D.; Schlueter, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10893-2017

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14 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 14 Sep 2017

A meteorological and chemical overview of the DACCIWA field campaign in West Africa in June–July 2016

Peter Knippertz, Andreas H. Fink, Adrien Deroubaix, Eleanor Morris, Flore Tocquer, Mat J. Evans, Cyrille Flamant, Marco Gaetani, Christophe Lavaysse, Celine Mari, John H. Marsham, Rémi Meynadier, Abalo Affo-Dogo, Titike Bahaga, Fabien Brosse, Konrad Deetz, Ridha Guebsi, Issaou Latifou, Marlon Maranan, Philip D. Rosenberg, and Andreas Schlueter

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ECMWF operational analyses and dust and CO fields from CAMS-IFS ECMWF https://www.ecmwf.int/

Reynolds SST data R. W. Reynolds, T. M. Smith, C. Liu, D. B. Chelton, K. S. Casey, and M. G. Schlax http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

TRMM product 3B42 v7 G. J. Huffman, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, D. B., Wolff, R. F. Adler, G. Gu, Y. Hong, K. P. Bowman, and E. F. Stocker https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov

SEVIRI OLR data J. Schmetz, P. Pili, S. Tjemkes, D. Just, J. Kerkmann, S. Rota, and A. Ratier https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Data/MeteosatServices/0DegreeService

CLAAS-2 CTX and CMA products S. Finkensieper, J.-F. Meirink, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, T. Hanschmann, N. Benas, M. Stengel, P. Fuchs, R. Hollmann, and M. Werscheck, M. https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/CLAAS/V002

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In June–July 2016 DACCIWA (Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa), a large, EU-funded European–African project, organised an international field campaign in densely populated southern West Africa, including measurements from ground sites, research aircraft, weather balloons and urban sites. This paper gives an overview of the atmospheric evolution during this period focusing on meteorological (precipitation, cloudiness, winds) and composition (gases, particles) aspects.