Session 6D |
| | African Climate and Weather II |
| | Organizer: Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Chair: Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
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| 10:15 AM | 6D.1 | Assessment of recent rainfall anomalies in West Africa
Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD |
| 10:30 AM | 6D.2 | Coastal rainfall onset in the West African monsoon
 Recorded presentation
Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft and C. Zhang |
| 10:45 AM | 6D.3 | Some dynamical aspects of the precipitation regime over western equatorial Africa
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and B. Jackson |
| 11:00 AM | 6D.4 | Variability of Atmospheric Moisture during the Boreal Spring in West Africa 
Recorded presentation
Roberto J. Mera, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi and A. G. Laing |
| 11:15 AM | 6D.5 | Anomalous northern hemispheric summer mid-tropospheric circulation over West Africa
Recorded presentation
Isaac K. Tetteh, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi |
| 11:30 AM | 6D.6 | Dynamics of the West African westerly jet and its association with Sahel precipitation
Recorded presentation
Bing Pu, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 11:45 AM | 6D.7 | Theory and observations of West African monsoon onset
Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |