Session 3C AMMA II: Large-Scale Circulations

Monday, 28 April 2008: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM
Palms H (Wyndham Orlando Resort)
Host: 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Chair:
Chris Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Albany, NY

Papers:
1:15 PM
3C.1
The AMMA radiosonde programme and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa
Michael Christoph, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and A. H. Fink, D. J. Parker, S. Janicot, J. B. Ngamini, M. W. Douglas, E. Afiesimama, A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, F. Dide, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, J. Polcher, J. L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, and G. Wilson

1:30 PM
3C.2
Annual cycle of the moisture transports associated with the Saharan heat low and their role in the coupled West African monsoon system
Hanh Nguyen, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrillé
Recorded presentation

1:45 PM
3C.3
Assessment of water budgets computed from NWP models and observational datasets during AMMA-EOP
Olivier Bock, Service d'Aeronomie (CNRS/IPSL), Paris, France

Presentation PDF (660.0 kB)

2:00 PM
3C.4
Influence of large-scale atmospheric moisture fluxes on the interannual to multidecadal rainfall variability of the West African Monsoon
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and S. Eikenberg
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

3C.5
The role of 25-90 day variability of tropical convection in the West African summer monsoon onset in 2006

2:30 PM
3C.6
Analysis of the West African monsoon using an idealized two-dimensional model
Philippe Peyrillé, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore and J. L. Redelsperger

2:45 PM
3C.7
Rainfall Events during the West African Dry-Season: Forcing from the Extratropics and Predictability
Peter Knippertz, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and A. H. Fink
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (754.8 kB)

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