Structuration of the recent CZ community:
e-LTER: Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem & Socio-Ecological Research Infrastructure
OZCAR: CZ research infrastructure (in construction): the French mirror of the e-LTER research infrastructure
RBV: Réseau des Bassin versants: A french critical zone network: a SOERE (Systèmes d’observation et d’expérimentation au long terme pour la recherche en environnement). Also metadata portal. Part of OZCAR.
AMMA-CATCH: Part of RBV: a french observation service (SNO), dedicated on the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis - Coupling the Tropical Atmosphere and the Hydrological Cycle.
Superconducting (SG) gravimeters data of Strasbourg (J9) and Djougou (Benin):
http://cdg.u-strasbg.fr/PortailEOST/Gravi/v1/
Earthquake travel time calculation. Useful to check possible cause for disturbance of gravity data:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
Strasbourg Observatory:
https://eost.unistra.fr/observatoires/geodesie-et-gravimetrie/
GRACE data:
Niger:
Ministère de l'hydraulique au Niger
Abdou Moumouni University (Niamey)
Dan Dicko Dankoulodo University (Maradi)
SFR Racines-Sahel (Niamey)
Bénin:
Direction générale de l'eau au Bénin (DGEau)
Abomey-Calavi University
Porto-Novo University
Regional centers:
agrhymet (CILSS): Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel
ABN: Autorité du Bassin du Niger
IGRAC: International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (UNESCO )
Institutions:
Projects:
GRIBA: Groundwater Ressources in Basement Rocks of Africa
GROFUTURES: Groundwater Future in Sub-Saharan Africa
LMI PICASS-EAU: Laboratoire Mixte International: Prédire l'Impact du Climat et des usAges sur les reSSources en Eau en Afrique sUbsaharienne
NGOs:
Les Jardins de l'espoir: Sustainable development of Agro-Ecology in Benin
Tero Loko: Welcome refugees: Housing & Jobs in rural areas around Grenoble
MOOCs: