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Zinder_Airport (Zinder, Niger)

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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. Image 1 Image 2   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.
Image 4 - 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.

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