25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Session 4A: Seasonal to Interannual Prediction and Predictability IV (Parallel with Sessions 4B, 4C, & 4D)

Tuesday, 30 April 2002: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM
Organizer:  John L. McBride, BMRC
Papers:
  9:00 AM
Decadal Variations of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Central North Pacific
Pao-Shin Chu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

  9:15 AM
  9:30 AM
How strong El Nino affect tropical storm activity in the western North Pacific
Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and J. C. L. Chan

  9:45 AM
West African monsoon and SST variability. A numerical study of the respective roles of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Sylwia Trzaska, CNRS/Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; and B. Fontaine and S. Janicot

Poster PDF (494.8 kB)
  10:00 AM
Relationships between deep soil wetness, monsoon dynamics and rainfall, and their potential use for improving seasonal forecasting in West Africa
Nathalie Philippon, CNRS/Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; and B. Fontaine and V. Moron

Poster PDF (58.7 kB)
  10:15 AM
Why does Climate conflict with Development over the Tropical regions of Eastern Africa? A case study for Ethiopia
Diriba Korecha, National Meteorological Services Agency of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia