Session 6A | |||
African Climate: VI. Modeling Studies | |||
| Chair: A. G. Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO | |||
| 11:00 AM | 6A.1 | Modeling the semi-arid Sahel Climate West African -- Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) Initiative and its first set of experiments (Invited) Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and W. K. M. Lau, K. H. Cook, and A. WAMME Team | |
| 11:15 AM | 6A.2 | Variability of the West African monsoon system in the new NCEP CFS model ![]() Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. B. Kumar, K. C. Mo, and A. Vintzileos | |
| 11:30 AM | 6A.3 | How do the large-scale models represent the West African Monsoon mean state and variability (the AMMA-MIP experiment)? ![]() Alessandro Dell'Aquila, ENEA, Roma, Italy; and F. Favot, F. Guichard, F. Hourdin, S. Janicot, T. Losada, I. Musat, R. Roca, and P. M. Ruti | |
| 11:45 AM | 6A.4 | Simulation of West African Monsoon in a set of atmospheric general circulation model uncoupled/ coupled to ocean models of varying complexity Sylwia Trzaska, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and D. Dewitt and D. Lee | |
Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, 215-216
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