Session 5A |
| | African Climate: V. Eastern and Southern Africa |
| | Chair: Chidong Zhang, University of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
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| 8:30 AM | 5A.1 | Abrupt rainfall transitions over the Greater Horn of Africa: observations and regional model simulations 
Emily E. Riddle, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook |
| 8:45 AM | 5A.2 | The role of upper tropospheric easterly waves on the synoptic time scale convection over East Africa
Ademe Mekonnen, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft |
| 9:00 AM | 5A.3 | Monsoon breaks over northern Africa: Role of cold air surges
Edward K. Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook |
| 9:15 AM | 5A.4 | Why did the southern Africa teleconnection “hang up” during the 1997-98 El Niño?
Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and S. J. Mason |
| 9:30 AM | 5A.5 | A regional climate modeling study of climate change over the Greater Horn of Africa
Jared Bowden, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi |