87th AMS Annual Meeting

Session 4: Lidar and Integrated Observations Within Large Field Programs

Wednesday, 17 January 2007: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
207B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chairs:  David Turner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin
Cochairs:  T. M. Weckwerth, NCAR
Papers:
  1:30 PM
4.1
Survey of key West African Monsoon features over Sahel and their evolution during the monsoon onset period in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis project
Cyrille N. Flamant, IPSL/CNRS, Paris, France; and J. Pelon, O. Reitebuch, A. M. Dabas, J. Cuesta, M. A. Miller, P. Drobinski, M. Chong, J. P. Cammas, P. H. Flamant, and D. Edouart

  2:00 PM
4.2
The Convective and Orographically-Induced Precipitation Study: COPS 2007
Andreas Behrendt, Univ. of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany; and V. Wulfmeyer, H. S. Bauer, C. Kottmeier, U. Corsmeier, G. C. Craig, and M. Hagen

  2:30 PM
4.3
Lidar based multi-instrument monitoring of variables relevant to the understanding of saharan heat low dynamics during the monsoon onset period in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis project
Juan Cuesta, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique / Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Palaiseau, France; and D. Edouart, M. Mimouni, C. N. Flamant, P. H. Flamant, A. Ouladichir, M. Kharef, M. Kharef, M. Zoukani, M. Zoukani, Y. Rouab, Y. Rouab, L. B. Boulkelia, L. Boulkelia, A. Abdouali, M. Salah Ferroudj, A. Bouklila, M. Kadi, B. Ouchène, L. Zeudmi-Sahraoui, A. Saanoune, and J. Pelon

  2:45 PM
4.4
Water Vapor Validation Experiment - Satellite/Sondes - Overview and preliminary results
David N. Whiteman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. B. Demoz, E. Joseph, D. Venable, R. M. Hoff, B. Bojkov, T. McGee, A. M. Thompson, B. F. Taubman, H. Vömel, L. Miloshevich, J. Ftizgibbon, F. J. Schmidlin, C. D. Barnet, and I. M. Restrepo