| | 3B.3 | The simulation of the seasonal cycle of the West African monsoon in a AGCM Serge Janicot, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and G. Blanchon |
| 2:00 PM | 3B.3a | Experiments on Intraseasonal Prediction Using the NCEP Global Forecast System Coupled to the MOM3 Ocean Model Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wang, S. Saha, and H. L. Pan |
| 2:15 PM | 3B.4 | The intra-seasonal variability of convection in the West African monsoon Flore Mounier, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and S. Janicot |
| 2:30 PM | 3B.5 | The influence of the land surface on the dynamics of the West African Monsoon. R J Ellis, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and D. J. Parker and C. M. Taylor |
| 2:45 PM | 3B.6 | Oceanic forcing of Sahel rainfall on interannual to interdecadal time scales Alessandra Giannini, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction/Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and R. Saravanan and P. Chang |
| 3:00 PM | 3B.7 | An Idealized Approach of the West African Monsoon Philippe Peyrillé, CNRM, Météo-France, and CNRS, Toulouse, France; and C. Piriou, J. P. Lafore, and J. L. Redelsperger |