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Category: Publications
Here you’ll find my published and submitted articles.
Sharav dust storm
Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, J. Pelon, E. Williams (2010): Dust emission and transport associated with Saharan depressions: The February 2007 case. Abstract The dust activity over North Africa associated with the Saharan depression event in February 2007 is investigated by mean of spaceborne observations and ground based […]
Quantification of Dust load in the ITD region
Bou Karam D., C. Flamant, P. Tulet, J-P. Chaboureau, A. Dabas, M. C. Todd (2009b): Estimate of Sahelian dust emissions in the Intertropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon, submitted to JGR. Abstract A three-dimensional mesoscale numerical simulation has been performed to investigate the dust emissions over Sahel associated […]
Dry cyclogenesis and dust lofting over Sahara-Sahel
Diana Bou Karam, Cyrille Flamant, Pierre Tulet, Martin C. Todd, Jacques Pelon and Earle Williams: Dry cyclogenesis and dust mobilization in the Inter Tropical Discontinuity of the West African Monsoon: a case study, submitted to JGR. Abstract Three-dimensional mesoscale numerical simulations were performed over Niger in order to investigate dry […]
A newly identified mechanism for dust emission over West Africa
Bou Karam, D., C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, O. Reitebuch, J. Pelon, M. Chong, A. Dabas (2008): Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African Monsoon inter-tropical discontinuity region: a representative case study, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 134: 621–634. Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/qj.244 Abstract: […]
Model inter-comparisons of dust emission over the Bodélé Depression
M.C. Todd, D. Bou Karam, C. Cavazos, C. Bouet, B. Heinold, G. Cautenet, P. Tulet, C. Perez, I. Tegen, and R. Washington: “Quantifying uncertainty in estimates of mineral dust flux: an inter-comparison of model performance over the Bodélé Depression, Northern Chad”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D24107, 2008, doi:10.1029/2008JD010476. Abstract Mineral dust aerosols […]
ITD Diurnal Cycle
B. Pospichal, D. Bou Karam , S. Crewell, C. Flamant, A. Hünerbein, O. Bock, F. Saïd (2009): Diurnal cycle of the inter-tropical discontinuity over West Africa analysed by remote sensing and mesoscale modelling, submitted to QJRMS. Abstract The diurnal cycle of the Inter-tropical discontinuity (ITD), i.e. the interface at […]
Biomass burning aerosol characterisctics over Benin
Pelon, J., M. Mallet, A. Mariscal, P. Goloub, D. Tanré, D. Bou Karam, C. Flamant, J. Haywood, B. Pospichal, S. Victori: “Characterisation of biomass burning aerosol from microlidar observations at Djougou (Benin) during AMMA-SOP0/DABEX”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00C18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009976. Abstract: Microlidar observations performed at the Djougou-Nangatchori site in northern […]