AMMA-CATCH
Country | Benin, Niger, Mali |
Stations | 7 |
Organisation | CNRS |
Contacts | Thierry Pellarin |
Website |
http://www.amma-catch.org |
Official References | 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 in press, hydrology, fluxes and natural resources. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 14-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.045; 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, 2009. Journal of Hydrology, 375(1-2): 34-51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.021; de Rosnay, P., Gruhier, C., Timouk, F., Baup, F., Mougin, E., Hiernaux, P., Kergoat, L., and LeDantec, V.: Multi-scale soil moisture measurements at the Gourma meso-scale site in Mali, Journal of Hydrology, 375, 241-252, 2009, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.015; Lebel, Thierry, Cappelaere, Bernard, Galle, Sylvie, Hanan, Niall, Kergoat, Laurent, Levis, Samuel, Vieux, Baxter, Descroix, Luc, Gosset, Marielle, Mougin, Eric, Peugeot, Christophe and Seguis, Luc, 2009: AMMA-CATCH studies in the Sahelian region of West-Africa: An overview. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 375, 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.020; Galle, S., Grippa, M., Peugeot, C., Bouzou Moussa, I., Cappelaere, B., Demarty, J., Mougin, E., Lebel, T. and Chaffard, V., 2015, December. AMMA-CATCH a Hydrological, Meteorological and Ecological Long Term Observatory on West Africa: Some Recent Results. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2015, pp. GC42A-01).; |
Variables measured |
soil moisture |
Depths of soil moisture measurements |
0.05 - 0.05 m 0.10 - 0.10 m 0.10 - 0.40 m 0.20 - 0.20 m 0.40 - 0.40 m 0.40 - 0.70 m 0.60 - 0.60 m 0.70 - 1.00 m 1.00 - 1.00 m 1.00 - 1.30 m 1.05 - 1.35 m 1.20 - 1.20 m |
Soil Moisture sensors used |
CS616 |
Data availability | from 2006-01-01 to 2018-12-31 |
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