Science


Background

The intrinsic inter-annual variability of the water cycle and the dynamics of the associated vegetation is strongly impacted by human activities, whether by climate change induced by greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), or by changes in land use, practices or uses. These disturbances are driving eco-hydrosystems towards new balances, the trajectories of which must be predicted so that the actors can make the necessary decisions in terms of adaptation.
In West Africa, the great drought of the (…)

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Scientific objectives

The AMMA-CATCH observing project can be divided into three types of activity :

I) Documentation of interannual variability
II) Process studies
III) Modelling

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