88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Poster Session 1: African Climate Poster Session

Monday, 21 January 2008: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
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Chair:  Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin
Papers:
 
P1.1
Four-dimensional climate data sets of the AMMA special observing period-3
Leonard Druyan, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, and E. Noble

http://wamme.geog.ucla.edu/simulations.html

Poster PDF (737.3 kB)
 
P1.2
Climatology and interannual variability of South African synoptic scale storms
Timothy Eichler, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Mo; and W. Higgins

 
P1.3
The impact of dynamic vegetation on dust and Sahel precipitation
Andrea M. Sealy, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. Mahowald

 
P1.4
East African temperature variations and their possible causes
J. R. Christy, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL; and W. B. Norris and R. T. McNider

 
P1.5
A reexamination of the statistical relationships between West African precipitation anomalies and Atlantic hurricane activity
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton Univ., Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink

 
P1.6
Genesis of African Easterly Waves
Chris D. Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. M. J. Hall and G. N. Kiladis

 
P1.7
Subseasonal prediction of cumulative precipitation over the Sahel with the NCEP Climate Forecasting System
Augustin Vintzileos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, VA; and W. M. Thiaw

 
P1.8
Convectively coupled Kelvin waves over tropical Africa during the boreal summer: Structure and variability
Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A & T State University, New York, NC; and C. D. Thorncroft and G. N. Kiladis

 
P1.9
Index insurance for drought in the Millennium Villages Project
M. Neil Ward, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and E. M. Holthaus and A. Siebert

 
P1.10
Annual cycle of the Saharan heat low and its role in the coupled West African monsoon system
Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrille

 
P1.11
Statistical characterization of the dry spell risk during the west African monsoon from meteorological station data
Asher Siebert, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY; and N. Ward, O. Ndiaye, and P. Kangah

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
P1.12
Impacts of dust on West African climate during 2005 and 2006
Moctar Camara, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins and A. Konare

 
P1.13
A climatology of African warm-season rainfall episodes based on a combined IR/MW precipitation estimate approach
Samantha Melani, LaMMA -Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET-CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; and A. Antonini, V. Levizzani, R. Ginnetti, M. Pasqui, A. Ortolani, A. G. Laing, and R. E. Carbone

 
P1.14
A Synoptic and Structural Analysis of the 11 September 2006 West African Squall Line
Jonathan W. Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and M. Delonge, S. Chan, A. Diop, B. Koltz, D. Grant, S. Diatta, S. Salak, and T. Fall

 
P1.15
Possible Interactions between a West African Squall Line Event and the SAL
Aaron Pratt, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and T. L. Battle, D. Robertson, and B. Dickey

 
P1.16
Interactions of the West African Monsoon circulation and the Tropical Atlantic SSTs in a coupled regional climate model
Samson M. Hagos, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; and K. H. Cook

 
P1.17
The effect of dust optical properties on surface radiative energy budget and atmospheric thermodynamics during Pirata/Aerose-III
Adrian Flores, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, N. R. Nalli, and V. Morris

 
P1.18
Wavelet-Based Monthly-to-Seasonal Rainfall Predictions for Ethiopia
Zewdu Segele, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. J. Lamb and L. M. Leslie

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