Articles acceptés dans des revues à comité de lecture

2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 et antérieur,

2013

  1. Gosset M, Viarre J, Quantin G, Alcoba M. 2013. Evaluation of several rainfall products used for hydrological applications over West Africa using two high-resolution gauge networks. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. doi:10.1002/qj.2130

2012

  1. Descroix L., J.-P. Laurent, M. Vauclin, O. Amogu, S. Boubkraoui, B. Ibrahim, S. Galle, B. Cappelaere, S. Bousquet, I. Mamadou, E. Le Breton, T. Lebel, G. Quantin, D. Ramier, N. Boulain, 2012. Experimental evidence of deep infiltration under sandy flats and gullies in the Sahel. J. Hydrol. 424-425 (2012) 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.019
  2. Descroix, L., Genthon, P., Amogu, O., Rajot, J.-L., Sighomnou, D., et Vauclin, M., 2012. Change in Sahelian Rivers hydrograph: The case of recent red floods of the Niger River in the Niamey region. Global and Planetary Change, 98-99 (0), 18-30.
  3. Fatras C., Frappart F., Mougin E., Grippa M., Hiernaux P., 2012. Estimating surface soil moisture over Sahel using ENVISAT radar altimetry. Remote Sens. Environ., 123, 496-507.
  4. Frison P.L., Mercier G., Faye G., Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Lardeux C., Rudant J.P., 2012. Analysis of L and C-bands SAR images time series over a Sahelian area. Accepted for publication in IEEE Geosci. Rem. Sens. Lett.
  5. Garcia M., Sandholt I., Ceccato P., Ridler M., Mougin E., Kergoat L., Morillas L., Timouk F., Fensholt R., Domingo F., 2012. Assessing biophysical constraints to estimate evapotranspiration in water limited ecosystems from in-situ and satellite data. Accepted for publication in Remote Sens. Environ.
  6. Guyot A., Cohard J-M., Anquetin S. and Galle S., 2012. Long-term observations of turbulent fluxes over heterogeneous vegetation using scintillometry and additional observations: A contribution to AMMA under Sudano-Sahelian climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 154-155: 84-98. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.10.008
  7. Hinderer J., J. Pfeffer, M. Boucher, S. Nahmani, C. De Linage, J.-P. Boy,P. Genthon, L. Seguis, G. Favreau, O. Bock, M. Descloitres, F. Masson, Y. Rogister, F. Littel, B. Luck, M. Calvo, B. Cappelaere, C. Peugeot, R. Bayer, C. Champollion, P. Collard, N. Le Moigne, M. Diament, S. Deroussi, O. de Viron, R. Biancale, J.-M. Lemoine, P. Gegout, S. Galle, J.-P. Laurent, Y. Nazoumou, A. Zannou (2012). Land water storage changes from ground and space geodesy: first results from the GHYRAF (Gravity and Hydrology in Africa) experiment. Pure and Applied Geophysics 169(8): 1391-410.
  8. Issoufou B.H., Delzon S., Laurent J-P., Saâdou M., Mahamane A., Cappelaere B., Demarty J., Oï M., Rambal S., Seghieri J. 2012 sous presse. Change in water loss regulation after canopy clearcut of a dominant shrub in Sahelian agrosystems, Guiera senegalensis J. F. Gmel. Trees, Structure and Function.
  9. Kirstetter P-E, Viltard N, Gosset M. 2012. An error model for instantaneous satellite rainfall estimates: evaluation of BRAIN-TMI over West Africa. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. doi:10.1002/qj.1964
  10. Lesnoff M., Corniaux C., Hiernaux P., 2012. Sensitivity of the recovery dynamics of a cattle population following drought in the Sahel region. Ecological Modelling 232: 28-39, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.018
  11. Mangiarotti S., Mazzega P., Hiernaux P., Mougin E., 2012, Assessing the predictability of the Vegetation Cycles over the semi-arid region of Gourma (Mali) from forecasts of the AVHRR-NDVI signal. Remote Sens. Environ., 123, 246-257.
  12. Panthou G., Vischel T., Lebel T., Blanchet J., Quantin G., Ali A., 2012. Extreme rainfall in West Africa: A regional modeling. Water Resources Research, 4848, W08501. doi:10.1029/2012WR012052
  13. Pierre C., Bergametti G., Marticorena B., Mougin E., Bouet C., Schmechtig C., 2012. Impact of vegetation and soil moisture seasonal dynamics on dust emissions over the Sahelian belt in West Africa. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D06115.
  14. Ridler M.A., Sandholt I., Butts M., Lerer S., Mougin E., Timouk F., Kergoat L., Madsen H., 2012. Calibrating a soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer model with remote sensing estimates of surface temperature and surface soil moisture in a semi-arid environment. J. Hydrol., 436-437, 1-12.
  15. Seghieri J., Carreau J., Boulain N., De Rosnay P., Arjounin M., Timouk F., 2012. Is water availability really the main environmental factor controlling the phenology of woody vegetation in the central Sahel?. Plant Ecol, 213 , 861-870. doi:10.1007/s11258-012-0048-y
  16. Tanguy M., Baille A., González-Real M.M., Lloyd C., Cappelaere B., Kergoat L., Cohard J.M. (2012). A new parameterisation scheme of ground heat flux for land surface flux retrieval from remote sensing information. Journal of Hydrology, 454-455: 113-22.
  17. Tomer S. K., M. Sekhar, M. S. Mohan Kumar, E. Mougin, S. Bandyopadhyay, Shiv Mohan, 2012. Estimation of surface soil moisture using SAR: a comparison between linear regression and copulas. Accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing.
  18. Verhoef, A., C. Ottlé, B. Cappelaere, T. Murray, S. Saux Picart, A. Zribi, F. Maignan, N. Boulain, J. Demarty, and D. Ramier, 2012. Spatio-temporal surface soil heat flux estimates from satellite data; results for the AMMA experiment, Fakara supersite, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 154-155, 55-66.

2011

  1. Baup F., Mougin E., de Rosnay P., Hiernaux P., Frappart F., Frison P.L., Zribi M., Viarre J., 2011, Mapping surface soil moisture over the Gourma mesoscale site (Mali) by using ENVISAT-ASAR data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 603-616.
  2. Boucher M., Favreau G., Nazoumou Y. Cappelaere B., Massuel S., Legchenko A., 2011 Constraining groundwater modeling with magnetic resonance soundings. Ground Water.
  3. Boucher, M.; S., Costabel; U., Yaramanci, 2011. The detectability of water by NMR considering the instrumental dead time - A laboratory analysis of unconsolidated materials. Near Surface Geophysics, 9 (2): 145-153. doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2010056
  4. Crow, W. T.; van den Berg, M. J.; Huffman, G. J.; Pellarin, T. , 2011 : Correcting rainfall using satellite-based surface soil moisture retrievals: The Soil Moisture Analysis Rainfall Tool (SMART). Water Resources Research, 47.
  5. Descloitres, M., L. Séguis, A. Legchenko, M. Wubda, A. Guyot and J.M. Cohard, 2011. The contribution of MRS and resistivity methods to the interpretation of actual evapo-transpiration measurements : a case study in metamorphic context in north Bénin. Near Surface Geophysics, 9 (2):, 187-200, doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2011003
  6. Descroix, L., M. Esteves, K. Souley Yéro, J.-L. Rajot, M. Malam Abdou, S. Boubkraoui, J.-M. Lapetite, N. Dessay, I. Zin, O. Amogu, A. Bachir, I. Bouzou Moussa, E., Le Breton, and I. Mamadou , 2011 : Runoff evolution according to land use change in a small Sahelian catchment. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 8, 1569-1607.
  7. Grippa M., L. Kergoat,F. Frappart,Q. Araud,A. Boone,P. De Rosnay,J.-M. Lemoine, S. Gascoin, G. Balsamo, C. Ottlé, B. Decharme, S.Saux-Picart and G. Ramillien, 2011. « Land water storage changes over West Africa estimated by GRACE and land surface models ». Wat. Res. Res 47, W05549.
  8. Hein L., de Ridder N., Hiernaux P., Leemans R., de Wit A., Schaepman M., 2011, Desertification in the Sahel: towards better accounting for ecosystem dynamics in the interpretation of remote sensing images. J.of Arid Envir.,75: 1164-1172
  9. Kergoat L., Grippa M., Baille A., Eymard L., Lacaze R., Mougin E., Ottlé C., Pellarin Th., Polcher J., de Rosnay P., Roujean J.-L., Sandholt I., Taylor C.M., Zin I., Zribi M., 2011. Remote sensing of the land surface during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA), Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 129-134, doi:10.1002/asl.325
  10. Lebel T., Parker D.J., Flamant C., Höller H., Polcher J., Redelsperger J-L., Thorncroft C., Bock O., Bourles B., Galle S., Marticorena B., Mougin E., Peugeot C., Cappelaere B., Descroix L., Diedhiou A., Gaye A., Lafore J-P, 2011. The AMMA Field Campaigns: accomplishments and lessons learned. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 123-128, doi:10.1002/asl.323
  11. Legchenko A., M. Descloitres, C. Vincent, H. Guyard, S. Garambois, K. Chalikakis and M. Ezersky, 2011. Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging for groundwater. New Journal of Physics, 13, 025022, doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/025022
  12. Massuel, S., B. Cappelaere, G. Favreau, C. Leduc, T. Lebel, and T. Vischel, 2011. Integrated surface-groundwater modelling in the context of increasing water reserves of a Sahelian aquifer, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 56(7), 1242-1264.
  13. Paeth, H, Hall, NMJ, Gaertner, MA, Alonso, MD, Moumouni, S, Polcher, J, Ruti, PM, Fink, AH, Gosset, M, Lebel, T, Gaye, AT, Rowell, DP, Moufouma-Okia, W, Jacob, D, Rockel, B, Rummukainen, M, 2011. Progress in regional downscaling of west African precipitation . Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 75-82.
  14. Peugeot C., F. Guichard, O. Bock, D. Bouniol, M. Chong, A. Boone, B. Cappelaere, M. Gosset, L. Besson, Y. Lemaître L. Séguis, A. Zannou, S. Galle, J.-L. Redelsperger, 2011. Meso-scale water cycle within the West African Monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 45-50, doi:10.1002/asl.309
  15. Pfeffer, J., Boucher, M., Hinderer, J., Favreau, G., Boy, J.-P., de Linage, C.,Cappelaere, B., Luck, B., Oi, M. and Le Moigne, N.,2011. Local and global hydrological contributions to time-variable gravity in Southwest Niger. Geophysical Journal International, 184: 661-672, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04894.x
  16. Pierre C., Bergametti G., Marticorena B., Mougin E., Lebel T. and Ali A., 2011. Pluriannual comparisons of satellite based rainfall products over the Sahelian belt for seasonal vegetation modelling. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D18201.
  17. Polcher, J., Parker, DJ, Gaye, A., Diedhiou, A., Eymard, L., Fierli, F., Genesio, L., Holler, H., Janicot, S., Lafore, JP., Karambiri, H., Lebel, T., Redelsperger, JL., Reeves, CE., Ruti, P., Sandholt, I., Thorncroft, C, 2011. AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 2-6.
  18. Séguis L., Boulain N., Cappelaere B., Cohard J-M., Favreau G., Galle S., Guyot A., Hiernaux P., Mougin E., Peugeot C., Ramier D., Seghieri J., Timouk F., Demarez V., Demarty J., Descroix L., Descloitres M., Grippa M., Guichard F., Kamagaté B., Kergoat L., Lebel T., Le Dantec V., Le Lay M., Massuel S. and Trichon V., 2011. Contrasted land surface processes along the West African rainfall gradient. Atmospheric Science Letters, 12 (1) : 31-37, doi:10.1002/asl.327
  19. Séguis M., Kamagaté B., Favreau G., Descloitres M., Seidel J.L., Galle S., Peugeot C., Gosset M., Le Barbé L., Malinur F., Van Exter S., Arjounin M., Wubda M., 2011. Origins of streamflow in a crystalline basement catchment in the sub-humid  Soudanian zone : the Donga basin (Benin, West Africa). Inter annual variability of water budget. Journal of Hydrology, 402: 1-13, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.054
  20. Sjöström, M., J. Ardö, A. Arneth, N. Boulain, B. Cappelaere, L. Eklundh, A. de Grandcourt, W. L. Kutsch, L. Merbold, Y. Nouvellon, R. J. Scholes, P. Schubert, J. Seaquist, and E. M. Veenendaal, 2011. Exploring the potential of MODIS EVI for modeling gross primary production across African ecosystems, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(4), 1081-1089.
  21. Taylor, C. M.; Parker, D.J.; Kalthoff, N.; Gaertner, M.A.; Philippon, N.; Bastin, S.; Harris, P.P.; Boone, A.; Guichard, F.; Agusti-Panareda, A.; Baldi, M.; Cerlini, P.; Descroix, L.; Douville, H.; Flamant, C.; Grandpeix, J.-Y.; Polcher, J., 2011. New Perspectives on Land-Atmosphere Feedbacks from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA).Atmospheric Science Letter, 12 (1) : 38-44.
  22. Uijlenhoet, R., J. M. Cohard and M. Gosset. Path-average Rainfall Estimation From Optical Extinction Measurements Using a Large-aperture Scintillometer. Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi:10.1175/2011jhm1350.1, in press.
  23. Vischel T., Quantin G., Lebel T., Viarre J., Gosset M., Cazenave, F., Panthou, G. Generation of high resolution rainfields in West Africa: evaluation of dynamical interpolation methods. Journal of Hydrometeorology 12, no. 6 (December 2011): 1465-1482, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-10-05015
  24. Vouillamoz, J.M., Legchenko, A. and Nandagiri, L., 2011. Characterizing aquifers when using magnetic resonance sounding in a heterogeneous geomagnetic field. Near Surface Geophysics, 9, 135-144, doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2010053

2010

  1. Abdou, K.; Parker, D. J.; Brooks, B.; Kalthoff, N.; Lebel, T., 2010. The diurnal cycle of lower boundary-layer wind in the West African monsoon. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 66-76, doi:10.1002/qj.536
  2. Adon M., C. Galy-Lacaux, V. Yoboué, C. Delon, J. P. Lacaux, P. Castera, E. Gardrat, J. Pienaar, H. Al Ourabi, D. Laouali, B. Diop, L. Sigha-Nkamdjou, A. Akpo, J. P. Tathy, F. Lavenu, and E. Mougin, 2010, Long term measurements of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, nitric acid and ozone in Africa using passive samplers. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7467-7487.
  3. Amogu, O. , Descroix, L., Souley Yéro, K., Le Breton, E., Mamadou, I., Ali, A., Vischel, T., Bader, J.C., Bouzou Moussa, I., Gauthier, E., Boubkraoui, S., Belleudy, P., 2010. Increasing River Flows in the Sahel?. Water, 2:170-199, doi:10.3390/w2020170
  4. Bain, C.L. D.J. Parker, C.M. Taylor, L. Kergoat, F. Guichard, 2010. Observations of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Associated with the West African Monsoon, Monthly Weather Review, 138, 3142-3156
  5. Barthe, C., Asencio, N., Lafore, J.P., Chong, M., Campistron, B., & Cazenave, F., 2010. Multi-scale analysis of the 25-27 July 2006 convective period over Niamey: Comparison between Doppler radar observations and simulations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 190-208, doi:10.1002/qj.539
  6. Boone, A., Xue, Y., Poccard-Leclerq, I., Feng, J., de Sales, F. and De Rosnay, P., 2010: Evaluation of the WAMME model surface fluxes using results from the AMMA land-surface model intercomparison project. Climate Dynamics, 35, 127-142. Doi : 10.1007/s00382-009-0653-1
  7. Cairo, F., J. P. Pommereau, K. S. Law, H. Schlager, A. Garnier, F. Fierli, M. Ern, M. Streibe, S. Arabas, S. Borrmann, J. J. Berthelier, C. Blom, T. Christensen, F. D'Amato, G. Di Donfrancesco, T. Deshler, A. Diedhiou, G. Durry, O. Engelsen, F. Goutai, N. R. P. Harris, E. R. T. Kerstel1, S. Khaykin, P. Konopka, A. Kylling, N. Larsen, T. Lebel, et al., 2010. An introduction to the SCOUT-AMMA stratospheric aircraft, balloons and sondes campaign in West Africa, August 2006: rationale and roadmap. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2237-2256.
  8. Delon C., C. Galy-Lacaux, A. Boone, C. Liousse, D. Serça, M. Adon, B. Diop, A. Akpo, F. Lavenu, E. Mougin, F. Timouk, 2010. Atmospheric Nitrogen budget in Sahelian dry savannas. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2691-2708.
  9. Diedhiou, A., Camara, M., & Gaye, A., 2010. Overview of synoptic conditions over West Africa and North Atlantic before cyclogenesis. Scientific Research and Essays, 5, 110-118
  10. Diedhiou, A.; Machado, L. A. T.; Laurent, H., 2010. Mean Kinematic Characteristics of Synoptic Easterly Disturbances over the Atlantic. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 27, 483-499.
  11. Gardelle J, P. Hiernaux, L. Kergoat,and M. Grippa, 2010. Less rain, more water in ponds: a remote sensing study of the dynamics of surface waters from 1950 to present in pastoral Sahel (Gourma region, Mali), Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 309-324, doi:10.5194/hess-14-309-2010
  12. Gosset, M., Zahiri, E.P., & Moumouni, S., 2010. Rain drop size distribution variability and impact on X-band polarimetric radar retrieval: Results from the AMMA campaign in Benin. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 243-256, doi:10.1002/qj.556
  13. Gruhier C., de Rosnay P., Hasenhauer S., Holmes T., de Jeu R., Kerr Y., Mougin E., Njoku E., Timouk F., Wagner W., and Zribi M., 2010, Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 141-156.
  14. Kassimou, A., Parker, D.J., Brooks, B., Kalthoff , N. and Lebel, T., 2010. The diurnal cycle of lower boundary layer wind in the West African monsoon. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136 (S1), 66-76, doi:10.1002/qj.536.
  15. Landais, A.; Risi, C.; Bony, S.; Vimeux, F.; Descroix, L. , 2010 : The triple isotopic composition of oxygen in water as a tracer of relative humidity in the low latitude regions affected by convective activity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 298(1-2), 104:112
  16. Lebel, T.; Parker, D. J.; Flamant, C.; Bourles, B.; Marticorena, B.; Mougin, E.; Peugeot, C.; Diedhiou, A.; Haywood, J. M.; Ngamini, J. B.; Polcher, J.; Redelsperger, J. L.; Thorncroft, C. D., 2010. The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 8-33, doi:10.1002/qj.486
  17. Legchenko, A.; Vouillamoz, J.M.; Roy, J., 2010. Application of the magnetic resonance sounding method to the investigation of aquifers in the presence of magnetic materials. Geophysics, 75, 91-100.
  18. Mangiarotti S., Mazzega P., Hiernaux P., Mougin E., 2010, The Vegetation Cycle in West Africa from AVHRR-NDVI data: Horizons of Predictability versus Spatial Scales. Remote Sens. Environ., 114, 2036-2047.
  19. Monsivais-Huertero A., Chênerie I., Baup F., Mougin E., 2010, Microwave electromagnetic modelling of Sahelian-grassland". International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31 (7), 1915-1942
  20. Pellarin, T.; Tran, T.; Laurent, J. P.; Vischel, T., 2010. Soil moisture mapping over West Africa. Houille Blanche-Revue Internationale De L Eau, 114-119.
  21. Risi, C., Bony, S., Vimeux, F., Chong, M., & Descroix, L., 2010. Evolution of the stable water isotopic composition of the rain sampled along Sahelian squall lines. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 227-242, doi:10.1002/qj.485
  22. Roca, R., P. Chambon, I. Jobard, P. E. Kirstetter, M. Gosset, and J. C. Berges, 2010: Comparing satellite and surface rainfall products over West Africa at meteorologically relevant scales during the AMMA campaign using error estimates. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology., 49, 715 - 731, doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2318.1
  23. Russell, B.; Williams, E. R.; Gosset, M.; Cazenave, F.; Descroix, L.; Guy, N.; Lebel, T.; Ali, A.; Metayer, F.; Quantin, G., 2010. Radar/rain-gauge comparisons on squall lines in Niamey, Niger for the AMMA. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 289-303, doi:10.1002/qj.548
  24. Wolters, D., C. C. van Heerwaarden, J. V. G. de Arellano, B. Cappelaere, and D. Ramier, 2010. Effects of soil moisture gradients on the path and the intensity of a West African squall line, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(653), 2162-2175.

2009

  1. Ali, A. and Lebel, T., 2009. The Sahelian standardized rainfall index revisited. International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.1832.
  2. Boone A, De Rosnay P, Balsamo G, Beljaars A, Chopin F, Decharme B, Delire C, Ducharne A, Gascoin S, Grippa M. et al, 2009. The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90, 1865-1880, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2786.1
  3. Boucher, M., Favreau, G., Vouillamoz, J.M., Nazoumou, Y. and Legchenko, A, 2009. Estimating specific yield and transmissivity with magnetic resonance sounding in an unconfined sandstone aquifer (Niger), Hydrogeology Journal, 17, 1805-1815, doi:10.1007/s10040-009-0447-x
  4. Boucher, M., Favreau, G., Descloitres, M., Vouillamoz, J.M., Massuel, S., Nazoumou, Y., Legchenko, A., 2009. Contribution of geophysical surveys to groundwater modelling in semiarid SW Niger : an overview. Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 341, 800-809.
  5. Boulain, N., Cappelaere, B., Ramier, D., Halilou, O., Bil-Assanou, I.H., Seghieri, J., J., G. & Timouk, F., 2009a. Towards an understanding of coupled physical and biological processes in cultivated Sahel  -  2. vegetation and carbon dynamics. J. of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 190-203.
  6. Boulain, N., Cappelaere, B., Séguis, L., Favreau, G., Gignoux, J., 2009b. Water balance and vegetation change in the Sahel: a case study at the watershed scale with an ecohydrological model. J. of Arid Environments. 73: 11251135.
  7. Cairo, F., Pommereau, J.P., Law, K.S., Schlager, H., Garnier, A., Fierli, F., Ern, M., Streibel, M., Arabas, S., Berthelier, J.J., Diedhiou, A. , ….., Lebel, T. et al., 2009. An overview of the SCOUT-O3-AMMA stratospheric aircraft, balloons and sondes campaign in West Africa, August 2006: rationale, roadmap and highlights. Atm. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9: 5299-5319.
  8. Cappelaere, C., Descroix, L., Lebel, T., Boulain, N., Ramier, D., Laurent, J.-P., Le Breton, E., Boubkraoui, S., Bouzou Moussa, I. et al., 2009. The AMMA Catch observing system in the cultivated Sahel of South West Niger- Strategy, Implementation and Site conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 34-51.
  9. de Rosnay, P., Drusch, M., Boone, A., Balsamo, G., Decharme, B., Harris, P., Kerr, Y., Pellarin, T., Polcher, J. and Wigneron, J.P., 2009. AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, D0510810.1029/2008jd010724.
  10. de Rosnay P., Gruhier C., Timouk F., Baup F., Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Kergoat L., LeDantec V., 2008, Multi-scale soil moisture measurements over the Gourma meso-scale site in Mali. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 241-252.
  11. Decharme B., Ottlé C., Saux Picart S., Boulain N., Cappelaere B., Ramier D., Zribi A. (2009). A new land surface hydrology within the Noah-WRF land-atmosphere mesoscale model applied to semiarid environment: Evaluation over the Dantiandou Kori (Niger). Advances in Meteorology, 731874: 13 p.
  12. Delon C., C. Galy-Lacaux, A. Boone, C. Liousse, D. Serça, M. Adon, B. Diop, A. Akpo, F. Lavenu, E. Mougin, F. Timouk, 2009. Atmospheric Nitrogen budget in Sahelian dry savannas. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion, 9, 14189-14233
  13. Depraetere, C., Gosset, M., Ploix, S. and Laurent, H., 2009. The organization and kinematics of tropical rainfall systems ground tracked at mesoscale with gages: First results from the campaigns 1999-2006 on the Upper Ouémé Valley (Benin). Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 143-160.
  14. Descroix, L., Mahé, G., Lebel, T., Favreau, G., Galle, S., Gautier, E., Olivry, J.-C., Albergel, J., Amogu, O., Cappelaere, B. et al., 2009. Spatio-Temporal Variability of Hydrological Regimes Around the Boundaries between Sahelian and Sudanian Areas of West Africa: A Synthesis. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 90-102.
  15. Ezzahar, J., Chehbouni, G., Hoedjes, J., Ramier, D., Boulain, N., Boubkraoui, S., Cappelaere, N., Descroix, L., Mougenot, B. and Timouk, F., 2009. Combining scintillometer measurements and an aggregation scheme to estimate area-averaged latent heat flux during the AMMA experiment. Journal of hydrology, 375(1-2): 217-226.
  16. Favreau, G., Cappelaere, B., Massuel, S., Leblanc, M., Boucher, M., Vouillamoz, J.M., Seguis, L. & Leduc, C., 2009. Land clearing, climate variability and water resources increase in semiarid southwest Niger, Africa: a review. Wat. Resour. Res., 45, W00A16, doi:10.1029/2007WR006785
  17. Flamant C., Knippertz P., Parker D.J., Chaboureau J.-P., Lavaysse C., Agusti-Panareda A., and Kergoat L, 2009, The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold-pool on the northward propagation of the inter-tropical discontinuity over West-Africa, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 139–159, doi:10.1002/qj.357.
  18. Frappart, F., Mougin, E., Guichard, F., Kergoat, L., Hiernaux, P., Arjounin, M., Lavenu, F. and Lebel, T., 2009. Rainfall regime over the Sahelian climate gradient in the Gourma. Journal of Hydrology. Accepted. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 128-142.
  19. Galy-Lacaux, C., Laouali, D., Descroix, L., Gobron, N. and Liousse, C., 2009. Long term precipitation chemistry and wet deposition in a remote dry savanna site in Africa (Niger). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9(5): 1579-1595.
  20. Gaudart, J., Toure, O., Dessay, N., Dicko, A., Ranque, S., Forest, L., Demongeot, J. and Doumbo, O., 2009. Modelling malaria incidence with environmental dependency in a locality of Sudanese savannah area, Mali. Malaria Journal, 8 (1).
  21. Gerbaux, M., Hall, N., Dessay, N. and Zin, I., 2009. The sensitivity of Sahelian Runoff to Climate Change. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54(1): 5-16.
  22. Guichard F., Kergoat L., Mougin E., Timouk F., Baup F., Lavenu F., 2008, Surface thermodynamics and radiative budget in the sahelian Gourma. Seasonal and diurnal cycles. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 161-177
  23. Guichard, F., Asencio N., C. Peugeot , O. Bock, J.L-L. Redelsperger, X. Cui, M. Garvet , B. Lamptey, E. Orlandi, J. Sander, F. Fierli, M.A. Gaertner, S. Jones, J.-L. Lafore, A. Morse, M. Nuret , A. Boone, G. Balsamo, P. de Rosnay, B Decharme, P Harris, J.-C. Bergès, 2009. An intercomparison of simulated rainfall and evapotranspiration associated with a mesoscale convective system over West Africa. Weather and Forecasting. early online release, doi:10.1175/2009WAF2222250.1.
  24. Guyot, A., Cohard, J.-M., Anquetin, S., Galle, S. and Lloyd, C.R., 2009. Combined analysis of energy and water balances to estimate latent heat flux of a sudanian small catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 227-240
  25. Hiernaux, P., Ayantunde, A, Kalilou, A, Mougin, E., Gérard, B.,Baup, F., Grippa, M., Djaby, B., 2009. Trends in productivity of crops, fallow and rangelands in Southwest Niger: impact of land use, management and variable rainfalls. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 65-77.
  26. Hiernaux P., Lassine D., Trichon V., Mougin, E., Baup F., 2009, Woody plant population dynamics in response to climate changes from 1984 to 2006 in Sahel (Gourma, Mali). Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 103-113
  27. Hiernaux P., Mougin E., Diarra L., Soumaguel N., Lavenu† F., Tracol Y., Diawara M., 2008, Sahelian rangeland response to changes in rainfall over two decades in the Gourma region, Mali. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 114-127
  28. Hinderer J., de Linage C., Boy J.P., Gegout P., Masson F., Rogister Y., Amalvict M., Pfeffer J., Littel F., Luck B., Bayer R., Champollion C., Collard P., Le Moigne N., Diament M., Deroussi S., de Viron O., Biancale R., Lemoine J.M., Bonvalot S., Gabalda G., Bock O., Genthon P., Boucher M., Favreau G., Séguis L., Descloitres M., Galle S., 2009. The GHYRAF (Gravity and Hydrology in Africa) experiment: description and first results. Journal of Geodynamics 48, Issues 3-5, pp: 172-181
  29. Lebel, T. and Ali, A., 2009. Recent trends in the Central and Western Sahel rainfall regime (1990 - 2007). Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 52-64.
  30. Lebel, T., Cappelaere, C., Galle, S., Hanan, N., Kergoat, L., Levis, S., Vieux, B., Descroix, L., Gosset, M., Mougin, E. et al., 2009. AMMA-CATCH studies in the Sahelian region of West-Africa: an overview Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 3-13.
  31. Lebel, T., Parker, D.J., Flamant, C., Bourles, B., Marticorena, M., Mougin, E., Peugeot, C., Diedhiou, A., Haywood, J.M., Ngamini, J.B. et al., 2009. The AMMA field campaigns: Multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136 (S1), 8-33, doi:10.1002/qj.486
  32. Leroux, S. and Hall, N., 2009. On the relationship between African Easterly Waves and the African Easterly Jet. J. of Atm. Science: 66(8): 2303–2316.
  33. Merbold, L., Ardo, J., A., A., Scholes, R.J., Nouvellon, Y., A. de Grandcourt, Archibald, S., Bonnefond, J.M., Boulain, N., Bruemmer, C., Brueggemann, N., Cappelaere, B., Ceschia, E., El-Khidir, H.A.M., El-Tahir, B.A., Falk, U., Lloyd, C., Kergoat, L., Le Dantec, V., Mougin, E., Muchinda, M., Mukelabai, M.M., Ramier, D., Roupsard, O., Timouk, F., Veenendaal, M. & Kutsch, L., 2009. Precipitation as driver of carbon fluxes in eleven African ecosystems. Biogeosciences Discuss, 6, 1027-1041.
  34. Mougin, E., Hiernaux, P., Kergoat, L., Grippa, M., de Rosnay, P., Timouk, F., Le Dantec, V., Demarez, V., Lavenu, F., Arjounin, M., Lebel, T. et al., 2009. The AMMA-CATCH Gourma observatory site in Mali: Relating climatic variations to changes in vegetation, surface hydrology, fluxes and natural resources. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 14-33, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.045
  35. Pellarin, T., Laurent, J-P, Cappelaere, B, Decharme, B., Descroix, L. and Ramier, D, 2009. Hydrological modelling and associated microwave emission of a semi-arid region in South-western Niger. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 262-272.
  36. Pellarin, T., Tran, T., Cohard, J.M., Galle, S., Laurent, J.P., de Rosnay, P., Vischel, T., 2009. Hourly soil moisture mapping over West Africa using AMSR-E observations and a satellite-based rainfall product, 6: 4035-4064.
  37. Ramier, D., Boulain, N., Cappelaere, B., Timouk, F., Rabanit, M., Lloyd, C., Boubkraoui, S., Métayer, F., Descroix, L., Wawrzyniak, V. , 2009. Towards an understanding of coupled physical and biological processes in the cultivated Sahel; 1- Energy and water. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 204-216.
  38. Saux-Picart, S., Ottlé, C., Decharme, B., André, C., Zribi, M., Perrier, A., Coudert, B., Boulain, N., Cappelaere, B., Descroix, L. et al., 2009. Water and energy budgets simulation over the AMMA-Niger super-site spatially constrained with remote sensing data. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 287-298.
  39. Saux Picart, S., Ottle, C.P., A., Decharme, B., Coudert, B., Zribi, M., Boulain N., Cappelaere, B., Ramier D., 2009. SEtHyS_Savannah: a multiple-source land surface model applied to sahelian landscapes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149:1421–1432, 2009.
  40. Seghieri, J., Vescovo, A., Padel, K., Soubie, R., Arjounin, M., Boulain, N., de Rosnay, P., Galle, S., Gosset, M., Mouctar, A.H. et al., 2009. Relationships between climate, soil moisture and phenology of the woody cover in two sites located along the West African latitudinal gradient. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 784-89.
  41. Timouk F, Kergoat L, Mougin E, Cohard, J.-M., 2009. Response of surface energy balance to water regime and vegetation development in a Sahelian landscape. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 178-189
  42. Vischel, T., Lebel, T., Massuel, S. and Cappelaere, B., 2009. Conditional simulation schemes of rain fields and their application for rainfall runoff modeling studies in the Sahel.. J. Hydrol., 375(1-2): 273-286.
  43. Zribi, M., Pardé, M., De Rosnay, P., Baup, F., Boulain, N., Descroix, L., Pellarin, T., Mougin, E., Ottlé, C. and Decharme, B., 2009. ERS Scatterometer surface soil moisture analysis of two sites in the south and north of the Sahel region of West Africa. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 253-261.

2008

  1. Ali, A., Amani, A. and Lebel, T., 2008. Signification et utilisabilité de l'indice pluviométrique au Sahel. Sècheresse, 19(4): 227-235.
  2. Ayantunde A., Briejer M., Hiernaux P., Udo H., Tabo R., 2008. Botanical knowledge and its differentiation by age, gender and ethnicity in Southwestern Níger. Human Ecology, 36: 881-889.
  3. de Condappa, D., Galle, S., Dewandel, B. and Haverkamp, R., 2008. Bimodal zone of the soil textural triangle: Common in tropical and subtropical regions. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 72(1): 33-40.
  4. d'Orgeval T., J. Polcher and P. de Rosnay, 2008, Validation of the continental hydrological cycle of the ORCHIDEE Land Surface Model over West Africa. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 2251-2292.
  5. Gruhier C., P. de Rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.C. Calvet, P. Richaume, 2008, Evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture products based on ground measurements over temperate and semi-arid regions. Geophy. Res. Letters, 35, L10405, doi:10.1029/2008GL033330.
  6. Janicot S., Ali A., Asencio N., Berry G., Bock O., Bourles B., Caniaux G., Chauvin F., Deme A., Kergoat L., Lafore J.-P., Lavaysse C., Lebel T., Marticorena B., Mounier F., Redelsperger J.-L., Ravegnani F., Reeves C., Roca R., de Rosnay P., Sultan B., Thorncroft C., Tomasini M., Ulanovsky A. and ACMAD forecasters team, 2008, Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West and Central Africa during the AMMA field experiment in 2006. Ann. Geophys., 26, 2569-2595.
  7. Jarlan L., Balsamo G., Lafont S., Beljaars A., Calvet J.C., Mougin E., 2008, Analysis of Leaf Area Index in the ECMWF Land Surface Model and Impact on Latent and Carbon Fluxes: Application to West Africa. J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 113, D24117, doi:10.1029/2007JD009370.
  8. Jarlan L., Mangiarotti S., Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Mazzega P., Le Dantec V., 2008, Assimilation of SPOT/VGT-NDVI data into a sahelian grassland model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 1381-1394.
  9. Janicot, S., C. Thorncroft, A. Ali, N. Asencio, G. Berry, O. Bock, B. Bourles, G. Caniaux, F. Chauvin, A. Deme, L. Kergoat, J.-P. Lafore, C. Lavaysse, T. Lebel, B. Marticorena, F. Mounier1, J.-L. Redelsperger, C. Reeves, R. Roca, P. de Rosnay, B. Sultan, M. Tomasini, 2008. Large-scale overview of the summer monsoon over West and Central Africa during the AMMA field experiment in 2006, Annales Geophysicae, 26, 2569-2595.
  10. Kamagaté, B., Séguis, L., Lanciné, G. D., Favreau, G. & Kouadio, K. Processus hydrogéochimiques et séparation d’hydrogrammes de crue sur un bassin versant en milieu soudano-tropical de socle au Bénin (Donga, haute vallée de l’Ouémé), 2008. Revue des sciences de l'eau, 21(3): 363-372.
  11. Le Lay M., G.-M. Saulnier, S. Galle, L. Séguis, M. Métadier, C. Peugeot. 2008. Model representation of the Sudanian hydrological processes: Application on the Donga catchment (Benin). Journal of Hydrology, 363(1-4), 32:41.
  12. Leblanc, M., Favreau, G., Massuel, S., Tweed, S., Loireau, M. & Cappelaere, B., 2008 Land clearance and hydrological change in the Sahel : SW Niger. Global and Planetary Change, 61, 135-150.
  13. Mangiarotti S., Mazzega P., Jarlan L., Mougin E., Baup F., Demarty J., 2008, Evolutionary bi-objective optimization of a semi-arid vegetation dynamics model with NDVI and σo satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 1365–1380.
  14. Moumouni, S., Gosset, M. and Houngninou, E., 2008. Main features of rain drop size distributions observed in Benin, West Africa, with optical disdrometers. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(23).
  15. Parker, D. J., A. Fink, S. Janicot, J.-B. Ngamini, M. Douglas, E. Afiesimama , A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, F. Dide , A. Diedhiou , T. Lebel, J. Polcher, J.-L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, G. Wilson, 2008. The AMMA radiosonde program and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, 1015-1027.
  16. Pellarin, T., A. Ali, F. Chopin, I. Jobard & J. C. Berges, 2008. Using spaceborne surface soil moisture to constrain satellite precipitation estimates over West Africa. Geophysical Research Letters, 35.
  17. Samain O., Kergoat L., Hiernaux P., Guichard F., Mougin E., Timouk F., Lavenu F., 2008, Analysis of the in-situ and MODIS albedo variability at multiple time scales in the Sahel. JGR Atmosphere, 113, D14119, doi:10.1029/2007JD009174.
  18. Vouillamoz, J.M., Favreau, G., Massuel, S., Boucher, M., Nazoumou, Y., Legchenko, A., 2008. Contribution of magnetic resonance sounding to aquifer characterization and recharge estimate in semiarid Niger. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 64 (3-4): 99-108 doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.12.006.
  19. Zahiri, E.P., Gosset, M., Lafore, J.P. and Gouget, V., 2008. Use of a radar simulator on the output fields from a numerical mesoscale model to analyze X-band rain estimators. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25(3): 341-367

2007

  1. Ayantunde A.A., M. Kango, P. Hiernaux, H. M. J. Udo and R. Tabo, 2007. Herders’ perceptions on livestock breeds and breeding management in South-Western Niger. Human Ecology, 35: 139-149
  2. Ayantunde A.A., S. Fernandez-Rivera, P.H. Hiernaux and R. Tabo, 2007. Implications of restricted access to grazing by cattle in wet season in the Sahel. Accepted for publication in Journal of Arid Environment, June.
  3. Baup F., Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Lopes A., de Rosnay P., Chênerie I., 2007, Radar signatures of sahelian surfaces using ENVISAT ASAR data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 45, n° 7, pp. 2354-2363.
  4. Baup F., Mougin E., de Rosnay P., Timouk F., Chênerie I., 2007, Surface soil moisture estimation over the AMMA Sahelian site in Mali using ENVISAT/ASAR data. Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 109, 4, pp. 473-481.
  5. Boone, A. and de Rosnay, P., 2007, Toward the improved understanding of land-surface processes and coupling with the atmosphere over West Africa, iLEAPS Newsletter 3.
  6. Boulain, N., Simioni, J. & Gignoux, J., 2007 Changing scale in ecological modelling: A bottom up approach with an individual based vegetation model. Ecological Modelling, 203, p. 257-269.
  7. Delon C., D. Serça, C. Boissard, R. Dupont, A. Dutot, P. Laville, P. de Rosnay, R. Delmas, 2007. Soil NO emissions modelling using Artificial Neural Network Tellus B, ILEAPS Special Issue, Vol. 59 (3), p. 502.
  8. Flamant, C., Chaboureau, J.-P., Parker, D. J., Taylor, C. M., Cammas, J.-P., Bock, O., Timouk, F., Pelon, J.. Airborne observations of the impact of a convective system on the planetary boundary layer thermodynamics and aerosol distribution in the inter-tropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. , 00, 1-16. (2007).
  9. Kamagaté B., Séguis L., Favreau G., Seidel J.-L., Descloitres M. and Affaton P. (2007). Processus et bilan des flux hydriques d'un bassin versant de milieu tropical de socle au Bénin (Donga, Haut Ouémé). C.R. Géosciences, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2007.04.003
  10. Le Lay M., S. Galle, G. M. Saulnier, I. Braud (2007), Exploring the relationship between hydroclimatic stationarity and rainfall-runoff model parameter stability: A case study in West Africa, Water Resour. Res., 43(7), W07420, doi:10.1029/2006WR005257.
  11. Philippon N., Jarlan L., N. Martiny, P. Camberlin, Mougin E., 2007, Characterization of the interannual and intraseasonal variability of West African vegetation between 1982-2002 by means of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data. Journal of Climate, vol. 20, n° 7, pp. 1202–1218.
  12. Vischel, T. and T. Lebel, 2007. Assessing the water balance in the Sahel: Impact of small scale rainfall variability on runoff Part 2: Idealized simulation of runoff sensitivity. J. Hydrol., 333(2-4), 340-355.
  13. M. Zribi;  S. Saux-Picart;  C. André;  L. Descroix;  C. Ottlé; A. Kalle. 2007. Soil moisture mapping based on ASAR/ENVISAT radar data over a Sahelian region. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(16): 3547-3565

2006

  1. Balme, M., T. Lebel et A. Amani, 2006. Années sèches et années humides au Sahel: quo vadimus? Hydrological Sciences–Journal–des Sciences Hydrologiques, 51(2), 254- 271.
  2. Balme, M., T. Vischel, T. Lebel, C. Peugeot, S. Galle, 2006. Assessing the water balance in the Sahel: Impact of small scale rainfall variability on runoff Part 1: Rainfall variability analysis. J. Hydrol., 331, 336-348.
  3. Boulain N., Cappelaere B., Séguis L., Gignoux J. & Peugeot C. (2006). Hydrologic and land use impacts on vegetation growth and NPP at the watershed scale in a semi-arid environment. Regional Environmental Change, 6:147-156.
  4. de Rosnay P., Boone A., Beljaars A., Polcher J., "AMMA Land Surface Modelling and Intercomparison Projects" GEWEX-news. Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment 15(1).
  5. Jamnadass R., Mace E. S., Hiernaux P., Muchugi A., Hanson J., 2006. Population genetic responses of wild forage species to grazing along a rainfall gradient in the Sahel: A study combining phenotypic and molecular analyses. Euphytica, 151 (3): 431-445.
  6. Hiernaux P. et H.N. Le Houérou, 2006. Les parcours du Sahel. Sècheresse, 17(1-2) : 51-71.
  7. Lavaysse, C., A. Diedhiou, H. Laurent and T. Lebel, 2006. African Easterly Waves and convective activity in wet and dry sequences of the West African Monsoon. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0137-5.
  8. Leduc C., Favreau G., Guero A., Gaoh A.D., 2006. Comment on “Estimating groundwater mixing ratios and their uncertainties using a statistical multi parameter approach” by Rueedi, J. et al. (J. Hydrol., 2005, 305: 1–14) . J. of Hydrology, 318: 3–6.
  9. Massuel, S. et al., 2006. Deep infiltration through a sandy alluvial fan in semiarid Niger inferred from electrical conductivity survey, vadose zone chemistry and hydrological modelling. Catena, 67(2): 105-118.
  10. Messager C., Gallée H., Brasseur O., Cappelaere B., Peugeot C., Séguis L., Vauclin M., Ramel R., Grasseau G., Léger L., Girou D., 2006. Influence of observed and RCM-simulated precipitation on the water discharge over the Sirba basin, Burkina Faso/Niger. Climate Dynamics,27: 199–214.
  11. Redelsperger, J.-L., C. Thorncroft, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, D. Parker, J. Polcher, 2006. African Monsoon, Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA): An International Research Project and Field Campaign, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(12), 1739-1746.
  12. Rogel P., Tourre Y.M., Benoit V., Jarlan L., 2006, Tropical Atlantic moisture availability and precipitation over West Africa: Application to DEMETER hindcasts. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (21): Art. No. L21711.
  13. Schlecht E., P. Hiernaux, I. Kadaouré, C. Hülsebusch and F. Mahler, 2006. A spatio-temporal analysis of forage availability and grazing and excretion behaviour of herded and free grazing cattle, sheep and goats in Western Niger. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113: 226-242.
  14. Tracol Y., Mougin E., Jarlan L., Hiernaux P., 2006, Testing a sahelian grassland functioning model against herbage mass measurements, Ecological modelling, n° 193, 437-446.
  15. Varado, N., Braud, I., Galle, S., Le Lay, M., Séguis, L., Kamagaté, B. and Depraetere, C., (2006). Multicriteria assessment of the Representative Elementary Watershed approach on the Donga catchment (Benin) using a downward approach of model complexity. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sc., 10: 427-442.
  16. Varado, N., Braud, I., Ross, P.J. and Haverkamp, R., 2006. Assessment of an efficient numerical solution of the 1D Richards' equation on bare soil. Journal of Hydrology, 323(1-4): 244-257.

2005

  1. Ali A., T. Lebel, A. Amani, 2005. Rainfall estimation in the Sahel. Part 1:Error Function. J. of Applied Meteor., 44(11), 1691-1706.
  2. Ali A., A. Amani, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, 2005. Rainfall estimation in the Sahel. Part 2: Evaluation of Raingauge Networks in the CILSS Countries and Objective Intercomparison of Rainfall Products. J. of Applied Meteor., 44(11), 1707-1722.
  3. Baret F., Weiss M., Garrigues S., Allard D., Guinot J.P., Leroy M., Jeanjean H., Bohbot H., Bosseno R., Dedieu G., Di Bella C., Espana M., Gond V., Gu X.F., Guyon D., Lelong C., Mougin E., Nilson T., Veroustraete F., Vintilla R., 2005. VALERI : a network of sites and a methodology for the validation of medium spatial resolution land satellite products. Remote Sensing of Environment, Revised paper.
  4. Baron, C., B. Sultan, M. Balme, B. Sarr, S. Traore, T. Lebel, S. Janicot and M. Dingkuhn, 2005. From GCM Grid Cell to Agricultural Plot: Scale Issues affecting Modelling of Climate Impact. Phil. Trans. Royal. Soc. London, Series B., doi:10.1098/rstb.2005.1741.
  5. Braud, I., de Condappa, D., Soria Ugalde, J., Haverkamp, R., Angulo-Jaramillo, R., Galle, S. and Vauclin, M., 2005. Use of scaled forms of the infiltration equation for the estimation of unsaturated soil hydraulic properties (the Beerkan method). European Journal of Soil Science, 56 : 361-374. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00660.x
  6. Jarlan L., Tourre Y., Mougin E, Philippon N., Mazzega P., 2005. Dominant patterns of AVHRR NDVI interannual variability over the Sahel and linkages to key climate signals (1982-2002), Geophysical Research Letters, vol.32, L04701, doi:10.1029/2004GL021841.
  7. Le Lay, M. and Galle, S., 2005. Variabilités interannuelle et intra-saisonnière des pluies aux échelles hydrologiques. La mousson ouest-africaine en climat soudanien. Hydrological Sciences - Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques, 50(3) : 509-524.
  8. Massuel S, Favreau G, Descloitres M, Letroquer Y, Albouy Y, Cappelaere B, 2005, Deep infiltration through an alluvial fan in semiarid Niger: evidence using subsurface geophysics, vadose zone chemistry and hydrological modelling, Catena.
  9. Philippon N., Mougin E., Jarlan L., Frison P. L., 2005. Analysis of the linkages between rainfall and land surface conditions in the West African Monsoon through CMAP, ERS-WSC and NOAA/AVHRR data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, vol. 110, n°D24, pp.115.1-115.14.
  10. Seghieri J., M. Simier, A. Mahamane, P. Hiernaux and S. Rambal, 2005. Adaptative above-ground biomass, stand density and leaf water potential to droughts and clearing in Guiera senegalensis, a dominant shrub in Sahelian fallows (Niger). Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21:203-213.
  11. Tracol Y., Mougin E., Jarlan L., Hiernaux P., 2005. Testing a sahelian grassland functioning model against herbage mass measurements. Ecological modelling, in press.
  12. Turner M.D., P. Hiernaux and E. Schlecht, 2005. The distribution of grazing pressure in relation to vegetation resources in semi-arid West-Africa: the role of herding. Ecosystems, 7: 1-14.
  13. Zine S., Jarlan L., Frison P.L., Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Rudant J.P., 2005. Land surface parameter monitoring with ERS scatterometer data over the Sahel: A comparison between agro-pastoral and pastoral areas. Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.96, 438-452.

2004

  1. Gallée H., W. Moufouma-Okia, P. Marbaix, C. Messager, R. Ramel and T. Lebel, 2004. A high-resolution simulation of a West African rainy season using a regional climate mode l. J. Geoph. Res., 109 (D05108).
  2. Gosset, M., 2004: Effect of non uniform Beam Filling on the propagation of Radar Signals at X-band frequencies. Part 2 : Examination of Differential Phase shift, J. Tech., ,21, 358-367.
  3. Hérault B. & P. Hiernaux, 2004. Soil seed bank and vegetation dynamics in Sahelian fallows : the impact of past cropping and current grazing treatments. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20:1-9.
  4. Jarlan L., Mougin E, Mazzega P., Schoenauer M., Tracol Y., Hiernaux P., 2004, Using coarse remote sensing radar observations to control the trajectory of a simple sahelian land surface model, Remote Sens. Environment, vol. 94/2, 269-285.
  5. Messager C, H. Gallée and O. Brasseur, 2004. Precipitation sensitivity to regional SST in a regional climate simulation during the West African monsoon for two dry years. Climate Dynamics., 22, 249-266.
  6. Onibon H., T. Lebel, A. Afouda, G. Guillot, 2004. Gibbs sampling for conditional spatial disaggregation of rain fields, Water Resources Research, 40, W08401, doi:10.1029.
  7. Powell M.J., Pearson R.A. and P. Hiernaux, 2004. Crop-livestock interactions in the West African drylands. Agronomy Journal, 96: 469-483.
  8. Seghieri J. and Laloë F., 2004, Characterization of the variability of the daily course of leaf water potential in the dominant shrub species within sahelian fallows in south-west Niger. Ecological Modeling, 173, 271-281.
  9. Séguis, L, Cappelaere, B., Milesi, G., Peugeot, C., Massuel, S., and Favreau, G. 2004. Simulated impacts of climate change and land-clearing on runoff from a small Sahelian catchment. Hydrological processes, 18:3401-3413.

2003

  1. Ali, A., T. Lebel, A. Amani, 2003. Invariance in the spatial structure of Sahelian rainfields at climatological scales. J. of Hydrometeor., 4(6), 996-1011.
  2. Bouvier, C., L. Cisneros, R. Dominguez, J.-P. Laborde and T. Lebel, 2003. Generating rainfall fields using principal components (PC) decomposition of the covariance matrix: a case study in Mexico City. J. Hydrol., 278(1-4), 107-120.
  3. Cappelaere,B., Vieux,B., Peugeot,C., Maia,A., & Séguis,L. (2003). Hydrologic process simulation of a semiarid, endoreic catchment in Sahelian West Niger. 2. Model calibration and uncertainty characterization. Journal of Hydrology, 279, 244-261.
  4. Couteron P., Seghieri J., Chadoeuf J., 2003, A test for spatial relationships between neighbouring plants in plots of heterogeneous plant density. Journal of Vegetation Science, 14, 163-172.
  5. Durieux L., L. A. T. Machado and H. Laurent, 2003. The impact of deforestation on cloud cover over the Amazon arc of deforestation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 86, 132-140.
  6. Gandah M., J. Bouma, J. Brouwer, P. Hiernaux & N. van Duivenbooden, 2003. Strategies to optimize allocation of limited nutrient to sandy soils of the Sahel: a case study from Niger, West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment 94: 311-319.
  7. Jarlan L., Mazzega P., Mougin E., Lavenu F., Marty G., Frison P.L., Hiernaux P., 2003, Mapping of sahelian vegetation parameters from ERS scatterometer data with an evolution algorithm, Remote Sens. Environment, vol. 87, 72-84.
  8. Lebel T, A. Diedhiou and H. Laurent, 2003. Seasonal cycle and interannual variability of the Sahelian rainfall at hydrological scales. J. Geoph. Res., 108(D8), 8389, doi:10.1029.
  9. Peugeot,C., Cappelaere,B., Vieux,B., Séguis,L., & Maia,A. (2003). Hydrologic process simulation of a semiarid, endoreic catchment in Sahelian West Niger. 1. Model-aided data analysis and screening. Journal of Hydrology, 279, 224-243.
  10. Séguis, L, Cappelaere, B., Peugeot, C., Leduc, C., and Milesi, G. 2003. Influences de la sécheresse et du défrichement sur les écoulements d'un petit bassin sahélien. Hydrology of Mediterrannean and Semi-Arid Regions. IAHS Publ n° 278, 2003. pages 429-434.
  11. Sultan B., Janicot S., A. Diedhiou, 2003: The West African monsoon dynamics. Part 1: Intra-Seasonal variability. Journal of Climate, 16, 3389-3406.

2002

  1. Diedhiou, A., S. Janicot, A. Viltard, P. de Félice, 2002. Energetics of easterly disturbances over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic : a climatology from the 1979-95 NCEP/NCAR reanalyses, Climate Dynamics, 18, 487-500
  2. Elbaz-poulichet F., Favreau G., Leduc C., Seidel J. L., 2002. Major ion chemistry of groundwaters in the Continental Terminal water table of southwestern Niger (Africa). Applied Geochemistry, 17, 1343-1349.
  3. Elizondo D., Cappelaere B., Faure C., 2002. Automatic versus manual model differentiation to compute sensitivities and solve non-linear inverse problems. Computers and Geosciences, 28( 3), 309-326.
  4. Favreau G., Leduc C., Marlin C., Dray A., Taupin J.-D., Massault M., Le Gal La Salle C., Babic M., 2002. Estimate of recharge of a rising water-table in semi-arid Niger from H3 and C14 modeling. Ground Water, 40, 2, 144-151.
  5. Favreau G., Leduc C., Schroeter P., 2002. Reply to comment on « Long-term rise in a sahelian water-table : the Continental Terminal in South-West Niger » by Leduc, C., Favreau, G., Schroeter P., 2001. Journal of Hydrology 243, 43-54.
  6. Jarlan L., Mougin E., Frison P.L., Mazzega P., Hiernaux P., 2002a, Analysis of ERS wind scatterometer time series over Sahel (Mali). Remote Sens. Environ., vol. 81, n° 2-3, 404-415.
  7. Jarlan L., Mazzega P., Mougin E., 2002b, Retrieval of land surface parameters in the Sahel from ERS Wind Scatterometer data: a brute force method. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, vol. 40, n°9, 2056-2062.
  8. Jenkins, G.S., A. Kagma, A. Garba, A. Diedhiou, V. Morris and E. Joseph, 2002: Investigating the West African climate system using Global/regional climate models. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 83(4) 583-595.
  9. Le Barbé, L., T. Lebel, and D. Tapsoba, 2002. Rainfall variability in West Africa during the years 1950-1990. J. Climate, 15(2), 187-202.
  10. Lebel, T., F. Delclaux, L. Le Barbé and J. Polcher, 2000 : From GCM scales to hydrological scales : rainfall variability in West Africa. Stochastic Environ. Research and Risk Assessment (14) 275-295.
  11. Mathon V., H. Laurent and T. Lebel, 2002. Mesoscale convective system rainfall in the Sahel, 2002. J. of Applied Meteor., 41, 1081-1092
  12. Mathon V., A. Diedhiou and H. Laurent, 2002. Relationship between easterly waves and mesoscale convective systems over the Sahel, Geophys. Res. Let., vol. 29 (8) : 57-1/57-4.
  13. Redelsperger J-L., A. Diongue, A. Diedhiou, J. P. Ceron, M. Diop, J.F Gueremy and J. P. Lafore, 2002. Multi-scale description of a Sahelian synoptic weather system representative of West African monsoon. Quart. Journ. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,128, 1229-1257.
  14. Seghieri J. and M. Simier M., 2002. Variations in phenology of a residual invasive shrub species in sahelian fallow savannas, south-west Niger. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 18:897-912.
  15. Seguis L., Cappelaere B., Peugeot C. et Vieux B., 2002. Impact on Sahelian runoff of stochastic and elevation-induced spatial distributions of soils parameters. Hydrological Processes, 16, 2, 313-332.

2001

  1. Bonazzola M., L. Picon, H. Laurent, F. Hourdin, G. Sèze, H. Pawlowska and R. Sadourny, 2001. Retrieval of large-scale wind divergences from infrared Meteosat-5 brightness temperatures over the Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 28113-28128.
  2. Mathon V. and H. Laurent, 2001. Life cycle of the Sahelian mesoscale convective cloud systems. Quart. J. Roy. Meteo. Soc., 127, 377-406.

2000

  1. Favreau G., Leduc C., Marlin C., 2000. Reliability of geochemical and hydrodynamics sampling in a semi-arid water table. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 31, 3/4, 669-678.

1999

  1. Diedhiou A., S. Janicot, A. Viltard, P. de Félice and H. Laurent, 1999. Easterly wave regimes and associated convection over West Africa and the tropical Atlantic : Results from NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF reanalyses. Climate Dynamics, 15, 795-822.
  2. Guillot, G. and T. Lebel, 1999. Disaggregation of Sahelian mesoscale convective system rainfields: further developments and validation. J. Geoph. Res., 104 (D24), 31533-31551.
  3. Guillot, G. and T. Lebel, 1999. Sahelian rainfall field modelling with a quasi meta-Gaussian distribution. 2: parameter estimation and comparison to data. Stochastic Environ. Research and Risk Ass., 13: 113-130
  4. Lebel, T., A. Amani, 1999. Rainfall estimation in the Sahel: what is the ground truth? J. of Applied Meteor., 38, 555-567.
  5. Leduc C., Favreau G., Schroeter P., 2001. Long-term rise in a Sahelian water-table: the Continental Terminal in South-West Niger. Journal of Hydrology, 243, 1-2, 43-54.
  6. Le Gal La Salle C., Marlin C., Leduc C., Massault M., Taupin J.D., Favreau G., 2001.  Renewal rate estimation of groundwater based on radioactive tracers (H3, C14) in an unconfined aquifer in a semi-arid area, Iullemeden basin, Niger, Journal of Hydrology, 254, 145-156.

1998

  1. Amani, A. and T. Lebel, 1998. Relationship between point rainfall, average sampled rainfall and ground truth at the event scale in the Sahel. Stochastic Hydrol. and Hydraulics, 12(2), 141-153.
  2. N. D'Amato, T. Lebel, 1998. On the characteristics of the rainfall events in the Sahel with a view to the analysis of climatic variability. International Journal of Climatology. 18(9), 955-974.
  3. Diedhiou A., S. Janicot, A. Viltard, P. de Félice and H. Laurent, 1998. A fast eastern wave in West Africa troposphere. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 69, 39-47.
  4. Laurent H., N. D'Amato and T. Lebel, 1998. How important is the contribution of the Mesoscale Convective Complexes to the Sahelian rainfall ? Phys. Chem. Earth, 23, 629-633.
  5. Laurent H., I. Jobard and A. Toma, 1998 : Validation of satellite and ground based estimates of precipitation over the Sahel. Atmospheric Research, 47-48, 651-670.
  6. Lebel, T., I. Braud and J-D. Creutin, 1998. A space-time disaggregation model adapted to Sahelian squall lines. Water Resources Research. 34(7), 1711-1726.
  7. Taylor, C. and T. Lebel, 1998 : Observational evidence of persistent convective scale rainfall patterns. Monthly Weather Rev., 126, 1597-1607.
  8. Viltard A., J. Oubuih, P. de Félice and H. Laurent, 1998. Rainfall and the 6-9 day wave-like disturbance in West Africa during summer 1989, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 66, 229-234.

1997

  1. Amani A., T. Lebel 1997,. Lagrangian Kriging for the Estimation of Sahelian Rainfall at small time steps. Journal of Hydrology. 192, 125-157.
  2. Desconnets J.C., Taupin, J.D., Lebel T., and Leduc C., 1997. Hydrology of the HAPEX-Sahel central Super-Site: surface water drainage and aquifer recharge through the pool systems. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 155-178./
  3. A.J. Dolman, J.H.C. Gash, J-P, Goutorbe, Y. Kerr, T. Lebel, S.D. Prince and J.M.M. Stricker, 1997. The role of the land surface in sahelian climate: hapex-sahel results and future research needs. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 1067-1079.
  4. Goutorbe, J.-P., Lebel, T., Dolman, A.J., Gash, J.H.C., Kabat, P., Kerr, Y., Montey, B., Prince, S.D., Stricker, J.M.M., Tinga, A. and Wallace, J.S., 1997. An overview of HAPEX-Sahel : a study in climate and desertification. J. Hydrol., 188-189, 4-17.
  5. LeBarbé, L. and Lebel, T., 1997. Rainfall climatology of the HAPEX-Sahel region during the years 1950-1990. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 43-73.
  6. Lebel, T. and LeBarbé L., 1997. Rainfall monitoring during HAPEX-Sahel :2. Point and areal estimation at the event and seasonal scales. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 97-122.
  7. Lebel, T., Taupin, J.D. and D'Amato, N., 1997. Rainfall monitoring during HAPEX-Sahel: 1. General rainfall conditions and climatology. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 74-96.
  8. Taylor, C., F. Said and T. Lebel, 1997 : Interactions between the land surface and mesoscale rainfall variability during HAPEX-Sahel. Monthly Weather Rev., 125(9), 2211-2227.
  9. Vandervaere, J.P., C. Peugeot, M. Vauclin, R. Angulo Jaramillo and T. Lebel, 1997, Estimating hydraulic conductivity of crusted soils using disc infiltrometers and minitensiometers. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 203-223.
  10. Wai, M.K., E.A. Smith, P. Bessemoulin, A.D. Culf, A.J. Dolman, and T. Lebel, 1997. Variability in Boundary Layer Structure during HAPEX-Sahel wet-dry season transition. Journal of Hydrology. 188-189, 965-997.

1996 et antérieur

  1. Amani A., T. Lebel, J. Rousselle, and J.D. Taupin,1996. Typology of Rainfall Fields to Improve Rainfall Estimation in the Sahel by the ATI Method. Water Resources Research, 32(8), 2473-2487.
  2. Creutin D., Delrieu, G. and T. Lebel, 1988. Raingauge Radar Rainfall Measurement Using a Geostatistical Approach. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. Vol. 5(1), 102-115.
  3. Goutorbe, J.P., T. Lebel, A. Tinga, P. Bessemoulin, J. Brouwer, H. Dolman, E.T. Engman, J.H.C. Gash, M. Hoepffner, P. Kabat, Y.H. Kerr, B. Monteny, S. Prince, F. Saïd, P. Sellers, and J. Wallace, 1994. HAPEX-SAHEL : a large-scale study of land-atmosphere interactions in the semi-arid tropics. Ann. Geophysicae. 12, 53-64
  4. Lebel T. et J.P. Laborde, 1988. Areal Rainfall Statistic Assessment : a Geostatistical Approach. Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics. Vol. 2 (4), 245-261.
  5. Lebel T., G. Bastin, C. Obled and D. Creutin, 1987. On the accuracy of areal rainfall estimation : a case study. Water Ressources research. Vol. 23(11). 2123-2138.
  6. Lebel T., and G. Bastin, 1985. Variogram Identification by the Mean-square Interpolation Error Method with Application to Hydrologic Fields. Journal of Hydrology. Vol. 77, 31-56.
  7. Lebel,T., H. Sauvageot, M. Hoepffner,M. Desbois, B. Guillot and P. Hubert, 1992. Rainfall estimation in the Sahel: the EPSAT-NIGER experiment. Hydrological Sciences Journal Vol. 37(3), 201-215.
  8. Prince S., Y.H. Kerr, J.P. Goutorbe, T. Lebel, A. Tinga, P. Bessemoulin, J. Brouwer, H. Dolman, E.T. Engman, J.H.C. Gash, M. Hoepffner, P. Kabat, B. Monteny, F. Saïd, P. Sellers, and J. Wallace, 1995. Geographical, biological and remote sensing aspects of the Hydrologic Atmospheric Pilot Experiment in the Sahel (HAPEX-SAHEL). Remote Sensing of Environment, 51, 215-234.
  9. Thauvin V., and T. Lebel, 1991. EPSAT-NIGER: study of rainfall over the Sahel at small time steps using a dense network of recording raingauges. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 5, 251-260.