Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000)

Authors

Robert J. Swap, University of Virginia
Harold J. Annegarn, University of the Witwatersrand
J. Timothy Suttles, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Michael D. King, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Steven Platnick, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey L. Privette, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert J. Scholes, CSIR

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2003

Comments

Published in the JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 108, NO. D13, 8465, doi:10.1029/2003JD003747, 2003.

Abstract

The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) was a major surface, airborne, and spaceborne field campaign carried out in southern Africa in 2000 and 2001 that addressed a broad range of phenomena related to land-atmosphere interactions and the biogeochemical functioning of the southern African system. This paper presents a thematic analysis and integration of the Journal of Geophysical Research SAFARI 2000 Special Issue, presenting key findings of an intensive field campaign over southern Africa in August and September of 2000.