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Zinder_Airport (Zinder, Niger)

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local site managers: Moussa Abdou Saley and Moussa Mahamadou
General view of the station when looking to the north, at the beginning of may.
Image 1 - local site managers: Moussa Abdou Saley and Moussa Mahamadou
Image 2 - General view of the station when looking to the north, at the beginning of may.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 13.77668° North
  • Longitude: 8.99023° East
  • Elevation: 456.0 Meters

Site Description:

  • The instrument is located in the semi-arid Sahelian zone, on the pathway of dust transport from Saharan and Sahelian sources, nearby the city of Zinder (300,000 inhabitants) which is situated 900 km east from Niamey and 100 km north of the border with Nigeria. The station is installed in a field close to the airport, south of the city. This field is cultivated only during the rainy season (from June to October).

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:

  • Jean Louis Rajot
  • E-mail: jeanlouis.rajot@ird.fr
  • Jean Louis Rajot
    Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques (LISA)
    (Assignment in IRA of Medenine in Tunisia
    Tel : +216 75 63 30 05)


  • AND

  • Mahamadou M. ZAKARI
  • E-mail: mounir_zakari@yahoo.fr
  • Dr. ZAKARI Mahamadou Mounir
    Université de Zinder
    BP 656, Zinder
    République du Niger
    Tel : (+227) 96 54 49 49 or (+227) 92 93 33 30
    Email : mounir_zakari@yahoo.fr

Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Moussa Abdou Saley
  • Email: moussa_as@yahoo.fr
  • Moussa Abdou Saley
    Aeroport de Zinder, NIGER
    Phone number: (227)96116463
    E-mail: moussa_as@yahoo.fr


  • AND

  • Moussa Mahamadou
  • Email: mahamadoumoussa@yahoo.fr
  • Moussa Mahamadou
    Aeroport de Zinder, NIGER
    Phone number: (227)96872234
    E-mail: mahamadoumoussa@yahoo.fr


  • AND

  • Anaïs Féron
  • Email: anais.feron@lisa.ipsl.fr
  • Anais Feron
    Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques (LISA)
    UMR CNRS 7583
    Universite Paris Est - Creteil
    Universite Paris Diderot
    Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
    61 Avenue du General de Gaulle
    94010 Creteil Cedex, France
    Tel 33 (0) 145171534
    Email: anais.feron@lisa.ipsl.fr


  • AND

  • anais.feron@lisa.u-pec.fr
  • Email:

Responsible Institution(s):
  • LISA - Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, UPEC - Université Paris-Est CRETEIL, FRANCE, http://www.lisa.u-pec.fr/

    AANN (Activités Aéronautiques Nationales du Niger), NIAMEY, NIGER
    LOA - Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, USTL - Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, VILLENEUVE d'ASCQ, FRANCE, http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr

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Image 3 - General view of the station when looking to the south, at the beginning of may. General view of the station when looking to the south, at the beginning of may.
Image 4 - view of the station when looking to the East, at the beginning of may view of the station when looking to the East, at the beginning of may
Image 5 - view of the station when looking to the West, at the beginning of may. view of the station when looking to the West, at the beginning of may.

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