Session 3C
	AMMA II: Large-Scale Circulations
	Chair: Chris Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY
	1:15 PM	3C.1	The AMMA radiosonde programme and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa   Michael Christoph, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and A. H. Fink, D. J. Parker, S. Janicot, J. B. Ngamini, M. W. Douglas, E. Afiesimama, A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, F. Dide, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, J. Polcher, J. L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, and G. Wilson
	1:30 PM	3C.2	Annual cycle of the moisture transports associated with the Saharan heat low and their role in the coupled West African monsoon system   Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrillé
	1:45 PM	3C.3	Assessment of water budgets computed from NWP models and observational datasets during AMMA-EOP   Olivier Bock, Service d'Aeronomie (CNRS/IPSL), Paris, France
	2:00 PM	3C.4	Influence of large-scale atmospheric moisture fluxes on the interannual to multidecadal rainfall variability of the West African Monsoon   Andreas H. Fink, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and S. Eikenberg
		3C.5	The role of 25-90 day variability of tropical convection in the West African summer monsoon onset in 2006   Serge Janicot, IRD, Paris, France; and F. Mounier, N. M. J. Hall, S. Leroux, B. Sultan, and G. N. Kiladis
	2:15 PM	3C.6	Analysis of the West African monsoon using an idealized two-dimensional model   Philippe Peyrillé, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore and J. L. Redelsperger
	2:30 PM	3C.7	Rainfall Events during the West African Dry-Season: Forcing from the Extratropics and Predictability   Peter Knippertz, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and A. H. Fink

Monday, 28 April 2008: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Palms H

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