Poster Session African Climate Change and Variability

Monday, 13 January 2020: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Hall B1 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 33rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chairs:
Kerry Cook, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX and Edward K. Vizy, 1 University Station; C1160, 1 University Station; C1160, Austin, TX

Papers:
Anthropogenic Influences on the African Easterly Jet-African Easterly Wave System
Emily Bercos-Hickey, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and C. M. Patricola

Evolution of the Vertical Structure of the Saharan Air Layer during the Land-Ocean Transition Using MERRA-2 Global Analysesand Nu-WRF Model Simulations
Jainn J. Shi, NASA GSFC, Morgan State Univ./GESTAR, Greenbelt, MD; and S. braun, S. D. Nicholls, and K. I. Mohr

Verifying Shifts in the Equatorial African Precipitation Cycle Using a New Seasonal Rainfall Model
Molly M. Wieringa, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and S. T. Amdur IV

African Easterly Wave Characteristics: Climate Variability and Trends
Yuan-Ming Cheng, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft and G. N. Kiladis

Forecasting Seasonal Rainfall Characteristics in Rwanda Using NextGen Python-Based Climate Predictability Tool
Asher Siebert, IRI, Palisades, NY; and M. Mbati, N. Acharya, A. Gahigi, and Á. Muñoz

Historical and Projected Trends in Near-Surface Temperature Indices for 22 Locations in South Africa
Thabo Elias Makgoale, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa; and A. C. Kruger, H. Rautenbach, S. Mbatha, and S. Ngwenya

Increasing Manmade Air Pollution Reduces Rainfall in Southern West Africa
Gregor Pante, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz, A. H. Fink, and A. Kniffka

Influence of Indian Ocean SSTs on the East African Short Rains
Weiran Liu, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook and E. Vizy

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