7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography

Session 12: Regional Issues: Africa

Wednesday, 26 March 2003: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Papers:
  1:30 PM
Plenary Talk

  2:00 PM
Transition from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere
Raphael E. Okoola, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  2:15 PM
Climate and atmospheric circulation changes in Southern Africa during the last 100 years
Joachim Rathmann, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany; and J. Jacobeit

Poster PDF (310.5 kB)
  2:45 PM
The relationship between southern Africa Rainfall and ENSO events
Washington Zhakata, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

  3:00 PM
The role of Indian and Pacific Ocean SSTs in African rainfall variability
Richard Washington, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom; and A. Preston and M. C. Todd

  3:15 PM
Climatic variability in central Africa and its link to sea-surface temperatures and the El Nino/La Nina
Natasa Balas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. Nicholson

  3:30 PM
Intermodel evaluation of GCM boundary conditions for nested RCM downscaling
Bruce Hewitson, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; and C. Jack and R. Crane

  3:45 PM
Model Output Statistics Applied to Multi-Model Ensemble Forecasts for Southern Africa
Willem A. Landman, South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa; and L. Goddard

Poster PDF (193.9 kB)
  4:00 PM
Seasonal forecasting for southern Africa using HadAM3
Mark Tadross, CSAG, Cape Town, South Africa; and D. Jagadheesha and B. C. Hewitson

  4:15 PM
A 15 year regional model integration for Southern Africa
Chris Jack, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  4:30 PM
The role of Indian Ocean SST on East African Short Rains
Charles C. Mutai, Meteorological Department of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  4:45 PM
Coffee Break