Session S3 Special Evening Session: 75 Years of AEW Research: Historical Perspectives, Recent Advances, and Future Challenges

Thursday, 19 April 2012: 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Champions DE (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chairs:
Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe and Peter Knippertz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe
Papers:
  7:30 PM
S3.1
To the 75th anniversary of the discovery of African Easterly Waves
Andreas H. Fink, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (816.5 kB)

  7:45 PM
S3.2
Variability of African easterly wave structures and behavior
Chris D. Thorncroft, SUNY, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and G. N. Kiladis

Recorded Presentation

  8:00 PM
S3.3
The Diurnal Cycle of the West African Monsoon and its Relationship to African Easterly Waves
Caroline L. Bain, UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

  8:15 PM
S3.4
**Mesoscale Convective Systems associated with African Easterly Waves**
Matthew A. Janiga, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (583.3 kB)

  8:30 PM
S3.5
Variability of InterTropical Front (ITF) and Mesoscale Convective Weather Systems (MCWSs) over West African Soudano-Sahel Zone
Peter J. Lamb, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. A. Bell and M. I. LeLe

  8:45 PM
S3.6
The Importance of African Easterly Waves for Dust Emission and Transport
Peter Knippertz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and M. C. Todd and A. H. Fink

Recorded Presentation

  9:00 PM
S3.7
A Review of African Easterly Wave-Cyclogenesis Research and Challenges
Michael T. Montgomery, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

  9:15 PM
S3.8
AEWs and weather prediction in West Africa
Jean-Philippe Lafore, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and F. Beucher

Recorded Presentation

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