Distribution web page - Sahelian Dust Transect


Since 2015, the "Sahelian Dust Transect" is part of the National Observation Service INDAAF (International Network to Study Deposition and Atmopsheric chemistry and AFrica) supported by the French INSU-CNRS and the IRD .

The description of the network, the data policy and the database are now available at : https://indaaf.obs-mip.fr


List of papers

Hourdin F., M. Gueye, B. Diallo, J.-L. Dufresne, L. Menut, B. Marticorena, G. Siour and F. Guichard, Parametrization of convective transport in the boundary layer and its impact on the representation of diurnal cycle of wind and dust emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 6775-6788, 2015.

De Longueville F., Y. Hountondji, P. Ozer . and S. Henry, The Air Quality in African Rural Environments. Preliminary Implications for Health: The Case of Respiratory Disease in the Northern Benin, Water Air Soil Pollut;225 , DOI 10.1007/s11270-014-2186-4, 2014.

Camino, C., E. Cuevas, S. Basart, S. Alonso-Pérez, J.M. Baldasano, E. Terradellas, B. Marticorena, S. Rodríguez and A. Berjón, An empirical equation to estimate mineral dust concentrations from visibility observations in Northern Africa, Aeolian Res., 16, 55-68, 2014.

Largeron, Y., F. Guichard, D. Bouniol, F. Couvreux, L. Kergoat and B. Marticorena, Can we use surface wind fields from meteorological re-analyses to model Sahelian dust emissions? Geophys. Res. Let., sous presse.

Kaly F., B. Marticorena, B. Chatenet, J. L. Rajot, S. Janicot, A. Niang, H. Yahi, S. Thiria, A. Maman, A. Zakou, B.S. Coulibaly, M. Coulibaly, I. Koné, S. Traoré, A. Diallo and T. Ndiaye, Variability of mineral dust concentrations over West Africa monitored by the Sahelian Dust Transect, Atmos. Res., en révision.

Hourdin, F., M. Gueye, B. Diallo, J.-L. Dufresne, L. Menut, B. Marticorena, G. Siour and F. Guichard, Parametrization of convective transport in the boundary layer and its impact on the representation of diurnal cycle of wind and dust emissions, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 27425-27458, 2014.

Cuevas, E., C. Camino, A. Benedetti, S. Basart, E. Terradellas, J. M. Baldasano, J.-J. Morcrette, B. Marticorena, P. Goloub, A. Mortier, A. Berjón, Y. Hernández, M. Gil-Ojeda, and M. Schulz, The MACC-II 2007-2008 reanalysis: atmospheric dust evaluation and characterization over Northern Africa and Middle East, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14, 27797-27879, 2014.

de Longueville, F., P. Ozer, S. Doumbia and S. Henry, Desert dust impacts on human health: an alarming worldwide reality and a need for studies in West Africa, Int. J. Biometeorol., 57, 1-19, 2013a.

de Longueville, F., Y-C. Hountondji, P. Ozer, B. Marticorena, B. Chatenet and S. Henry, Saharan Dust Impacts on Air Quality: What Are the Potential Health Risks In West Africa? Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 19, 6, 1595-1617, 2013b.

Deroubaix, A., N. Martiny, I. Chiapello and B. Marticorena, Suitability of OMI aerosol index to reflect mineral dust surface conditions: Preliminary application for studying the link with meningitis epidemics in the Sahel, Remote Sens. Environ., 133, 116-127, 2013.

Yahi, H., B. Marticorena, S. Thiria, B. Chatenet, C. Schmechtig, J. L. Rajot and M. Crepon, Statistical relationship between surface PM10 concentration and aerosol optical depth over the Sahel as a function of weather type using neural network methodology, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 13265-1328, 2013.

Skonieczny, C., A. Bory, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, W. Abouchami, S. J. G. Galer, X. Crosta, A. Diallo and T. Ndiaye, A three-year time series of mineral dust deposits on the West African margin: Sedimentological and geochemical signatures and implications for interpretation of marine paleo-dust records, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 364, 145-156, 2013.

Lebel, T., D.J. Parker, C. Flamant, H. Hoeller, J., Polcher, J-L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, O. Bock, B. Bourles, S. Galle, B. Marticorena, E. Mougin, C. Peugeot, B. Cappelaere, L. Descroix, A. Diedhiou, A. Gaye. and J.P. Lafore, The AMMA field campaigns: accomplishments and lessons learned, Atmos. Sci. Lett., 12, 123-128, 2011.

Schmechtig, C., B. Marticorena, B. Chatenet, G. Bergametti, J. L. Rajot, and A. Coman, Simulation of the mineral dust content over Western Africa from the event to the annual scale with the CHIMERE-DUST model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 7185-7207, 2011.

Skonieczny, C., A. Bory, V. Bout-Roumazeilles, W. Abouchami, S. J. G. Galer, X. Crosta, J.- B. Stuut, I. Meyer, I. Chiapello, T. Podvin, B. Chatenet, A. Diallo, and T. Ndiaye, The 7-13 March 2006 major Saharan outbreak: Multiproxy characterization of mineral dust deposited on the West African margin, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi:10.1029/ 2011JD016173, 2011.

Marticorena, B., B. Chatenet, J. L. Rajot, S. Traoré, M. Coulibaly, A. Diallo, I. Koné, A. Maman, T. NDiaye and A. Zakou, Temporal variability of mineral dust concentrations over West Africa: analyses of a pluriannual monitoring from the AMMA Sahelian Dust Transect, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8899-8915, 2010.

Lebel, T., D. J. Parker, C. Flamant, B. Bourles, B. Marticorena, E. Mougin, C. Peugeot, A. Diedhiou, J. M. Haywood, J.B., Ngamini, J. Polcher, J-L. Redelsperger and C.D. Thorncroft, The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 136, 8-33. 2010.

Thesis

Kaly F. , Etude de la variabilité des teneurs atmosphériques en aérosols désertiques en Afrique de l'Ouest, Thèse en cotutelle de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) et de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dakar, Sénégal); Direction de thèse: S. Janicot (LOCEAN); Awa Niang (LTI/UCAD, Dakar) et B. Marticorena (LISA); Bourse de thèse IRD 2012-2014; Soutenance prévue en 2015.

Deroubaix A., Etude des relations entre les aérosols désertiques, le climat et les épidémies de méningites en Afrique de l'Ouest : diagnostic et prévisibilité; Thèse de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie; Direction de thèse: S. Thiria (LOCEAN) et N. Martiny (CRC, Biogéosciences, Dijon),; Bourse de thèse du programme ADCEM, soutenue le 17 septembre, 2013.