AMMA‐CATCH, a Critical Zone Observatory in West Africa Monitoring a Region in Transition

AMMA‐CATCH is a long‐term critical zone observatory in West Africa. Four sites sample the sharp ecoclimatic gradient characteristic of this region. Combined measurements of meteorology, water, and vegetation dynamics began in 1990. Intensification of rainfall and hydrological cycles is observed. The strong overall re‐greening may hide contrasted changes.

Guillaume Favreau | Frédéric Frappart | Elodie Robert | Pierre Hiernaux | Thierry Pellarin | Carlos Román-Cascón | Guillaume Quantin | Manuela Grippa | Eric Mougin | Véronique Chaffard | Sylvie Galle | Jérôme Demarty | Laurent Kergoat | Marielle Gosset | H. Barral | Jean-Philippe Chazarin | Gérémy Panthou | Théo Vischel | Thierry Lebel | Euloge Kossi Agbossou | Bernard Cappelaere | Jean-Martial Cohard | Christophe Peugeot | Jean-Pierre Vandervaere | Basile Hector | Nogmana Soumaguel | Marc Descloitres | Anatoly Legchenko | R. Biron | C. Dardel | L. Kergoat | P. Hiernaux | E. Mougin | M. Grippa | T. Lebel | J. Demarty | T. Pellarin | F. Frappart | S. Louvet | B. Cappelaere | S. Galle | G. Quantin | I. Guiro | L. Descroix | G. Favreau | F. B. Diallo | T. Vischel | G. Panthou | A. Alhassane | J. Cohard | C. Peugeot | L. Séguis | C. Pierre | F. Gibon | A. Koné | M. Descloîtres | M. Gosset | M. Boucher | I. Moussa | V. Chaffard | Y. Nazoumou | M. Oï | N. Soumaguel | M. Diawara | B. Sambou | J. Vandervaere | H. Guyard | D. Kotchoni | J. Vouillamoz | F. Lawson | P. Adjomayi | C. Román‐Cascón | A. Legchenko | J. Vandervaere | C. Velluet | G. Charvet | J. Chazarin | F. Arpin-Pont | J. Seghieri | Agali Alhassane | Luc Descroix | Catherine Wilcox | Marc Arjounin | M. Diawara | Luc Séguis | Ossénatou Mamadou | G. Charvet | Marie Boucher | Monique Oï | Y. Nazoumou | Josiane Seghieri | M. Oi | M. Arjounin | F. Cazenave | C. Pierre | C. Wilcox | E. Robert | Frédéric Cazenave | F. Gangneron | H. Guyard | François Marie Gibon | C. Fatras | Expédit Evariste Ago | F. Gangneron | A. Legchenko | Samuel Louvet | E. Lawin | T. Gascón | B. Hector | A. Richard | O. Mamadou | C. Fatras | E. Agbossou | A. Ba | M. Dossou | B. Issoufou | M. M. Abdou | O. Malam-Issa | L. Séguis | A. Zannou | S. Afouda | H. Barral | R. Biron | I. Mainassara | A. Mamane | T. Ouani | M. Wubda | E. E. Ago | I. C. Alle | A. Allies | B. Awessou | C. Cassé | A. Depeyre | T. Do | L. Gal | A. Ingatan | J. Kempf | C. Leauthaud | E. Mason | C. Nguyen | B. Perrimond | C. Leauthaud | I. Bouzou Moussa | I. Mainassara | M. Wubda | Philippe Armand Adjomayi | A. Ba | M. Dossou | B.-A. Issoufou | E. Lawin | M. Malam Abdou | O. Malam-Issa | B. Sambou | J.-M. Vouillamoz | A. Zannou | S. Afouda | A. Koné | A. Mamane | T. Ouani | A. Allies | F. Arpin-Pont | B. Awessou | C. Cassé | C. Dardel | A. Depeyre | T. Do | L. Gal | T. Gascon | I. Guiro | A. Ingatan | J. Kempf | D.O.V. Kotchoni | F.M.A. Lawson | E. Mason | C. C. Nguyen | B. Perrimond | Aloïs Richard | C. Velluet | E. Agbossou | F. B. Diallo | Elodie Robert | Marc Arjounin | Nogmana Soumaguel | Véronique Chaffard

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