Session 1B |
| | CONVECTION, waves, and precipitation I |
| | Chair: Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
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| 8:30 AM | 1B.1 | The generation of intense convection over West Africa during the summer monsoon season.
Dan C. Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster |
| 8:45 AM | 1B.2 | Mesoscale convective systems over sub-Saharan Africa and the tropical east Atlantic  
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. A. Houze |
| 9:00 AM | 1B.3 | Two synoptic case studies of tropical squall lines in the Soudanian climate zone of West Africa
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink |
| 9:15 AM | 1B.4 | The Significance of African Easterly Waves on Convection
Ademe Mekonnen, SUNY, Albany, NY |
| 9:30 AM | 1B.5 | Case study of an intense African easterly wave
Gareth J. Berry, SUNY, Albany, NY |
| 9:45 AM | 1B.6 | Three dimensional structure of easterly wave disturbances over Africa and the tropical North Atlantic
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and C. D. Thorncroft |
| 10:00 AM | 1B.7 | Origin and propagation of a disturbance associated with an Africa Easterly wave as precursors of Hurricane Alberto (2000)
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. E. Robertson and C. M. Hill |