Session 2B African Weather and Climate II

Monday, 31 March 2014: 10:30 AM-12:15 PM
Pacific Salon 4 & 5 (Town and Country Resort )
Host: 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Cochairs:
Amato Evan, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA and Andreas H. Fink, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe

Papers:
10:30 AM
2B.1
Intensification of the Saharan Heat Low: Observations, Attribution, and Implications for Sahel Rainfall
Kerry H. Cook, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and E. Vizy
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
2B.2
Influence of Mid-latitude Cold Air Surges on Rainfall Variability in the Sahel and Tropical Africa
Edward K. Vizy, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2B.3
Analysis of tropical high impact weather events using TIGGE data
Susanna Hopsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and S. C. Jones and J. H. Keller
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2B.4
Understanding What can be Resolved with Polar-Orbiting Satellite Platforms for Fast Evolving Tropical Convective Systems
Amber E. Emory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. M. Heymsfield, G. Jenkins, and C. Liu
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2B.5
Heavy Rainfall Predictability : the THORPEX West Africa case study
Jean Philippe Lafore, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and A. Diongue, F. Beucher, N. Chapelon, R. Roehrig, and T. Diedhiou
Recorded Presentation

2B.6
Relationship Between Convection and African Easterly Waves

11:45 AM
2B.6A
Internal Processes within African Easterly Waves
Emmanuel Poan, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore, R. Roehrig, and F. Couvreux
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
2B.7
Effects of the Subtropical Anticyclones Over North Africa and Arabian Peninsula on the African Easterly Jet
James Spinks, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.0 MB)

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