Session 9D African Weather and Climate I

Wednesday, 18 April 2012: 10:30 AM-12:15 PM
Masters E (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

**Indicates paper is being considered for the Max Eaton Student Prize**

Chair:
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State University, EOAS, Tallahassee, FL
Papers:
  11:00 AM
Driving factors of rainfall variability in western equatorial Africa during boreal spring and autumn
Amin K. Dezfuli, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and S. E. Nicholson

  11:15 AM
Wave activity and convection in equatorial Africa
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Baum

  11:30 AM
Origin of the Pre-Tropical Storm Debby (2006) African Easterly Wave-Mesoscale Convective System
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and L. Liu, G. Tang, J. Spinks, and W. Jones

http://mesolab.ncat.edu/publications (web)/

  11:45 AM
A look at the recent drought situation in the Horn of Africa
Doug Klotter, Florida State University, Talllahasss, FL; and S. E. Nicholson and T. Austin