Session 1A African Climate Change and Variability. Part I

Monday, 13 January 2020: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
156BC (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 33rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Cochairs:
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe and Michela Biasutti, LDEO, Palisades, NY

Papers:
8:30 AM
1A.1
Linking Coupled Model Errors in Simulating East African Climatological Rainfall to Model Biases in SSTs
Bradfield Lyon, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
1A.2
Observed Relationship between the Turkana Low-Level Jet and Boreal Summer Convection
Edward K. Vizy, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook
Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.9 MB)

9:00 AM
1A.3
The Turkana Low-Level Jet—Links to Rainfall and Representation in Climate Models
James A. King, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and R. Washington, S. Engelstaedter, and C. Munday
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1A.4
Can Thermodynamic Intensification of the Global Walker Circulation Help Resolve the East African Climate Paradox?
Chris C. Funk, USGS EROS, Santa Barbara, CA; and A. Fink
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1A.5
Using Seasonal Rainfall Clusters to Explain the Interannual Variability of the Rain Belt over the Greater Horn of Africa
Larisa S. Seregina, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and R. van der Linden, A. H. Fink, C. C. Funk, and J. G. Pinto
Recorded Presentation

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