Session 4A |
| | African Climate: IV. West Africa |
| | Chair: Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD
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| 4:00 PM | 4A.1 | A comparison of coastal radio sounding stations during NAMMA-06 
Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Sall, A. T. Gaye, D. Badiane, F. Kebe, M. Camara, and E. Joseph |
| 4:15 PM | 4A.2 | Dynamics of the West African monsoon jump
Kerry H. Cook, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. M. Hagos, J. F. Newman, and E. K. Vizy |
| 4:30 PM | 4A.3 | West Africa Desert Locust infestations: connections with regional atmospheric circulation patterns
Chiara Vallebona, CNR, Firenze, Italy; and A. Crisci, A. Di Vecchia, L. Genesio, G. Maracchi, and M. Pasqui |
| 4:45 PM | 4A.4 | Evolution of latent heating profiles of the West African Monsoon
C. Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. M. Hagos and G. Gu |
| 5:00 PM | 4A.5 | Seasonal evolution of the West African Heat Low: a climatological perspective
Christophe Lavaysse, CNRS, Paris, France; and C. Flamant, S. Janicot, J. P. Lafore, D. J. Parker, and J. Pelon |
| 5:15 PM | 4A.6 | Intraseasonal Variability in the Equatorial Atlantic-West Africa during March-June
Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD |