88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Session 4A: African Climate: IV. West Africa

Monday, 21 January 2008: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
215-216 (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Chair:  Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC
Papers:
  4:00 PM
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
Dynamics of the West African monsoon jump
Kerry H. Cook, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin; and S. M. Hagos, J. F. Newman, and E. K. Vizy

  4:30 PM
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
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
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