Session: African Climate Variations and Change—Part III (98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 10 January 2018: 1:30 PM-3:45 PM

616 AB (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Host: 31st Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Cochairs:

Edward K. Vizy, Univ. of Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX and Michela Biasutti, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory -- Columbia University, Palisades, NY

Papers:

1:30 PM

12A.1

Climatology and Seasonal Forecasting Analysis from a New Multi-Decade High-Resolution Rainfall and Temperature Dataset for Rwanda

Asher Siebert, IRI, Palisades, NY; and T. Dinku, F. Vuguziga, A. Twahirwa, D. Kagabo, S. J. Mason, A. W. Robertson, J. DelCorral, and R. Cousin

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

12A.2

Modeling Hydrological Regimes of the Logone-Lake Chad River Basin, Africa under CMIP5 GCMs Projections

Asmita Murumkar, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and M. T. Durand, B. Mark, A. Fernández, M. Moritz, I. Hamilton, S. Phang, S. Laborde, and A. Shastry

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

12A.3

Seasonal and Long-term Variability in the Atmospheric Moisture Budget and Transport over East Africa

Ross Maidment, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and M. E. Demory and E. Black

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

12A.4

The Mechanisms Associated with Ethiopian Belg Subseasonal Rainfall Variability

Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and E. B. Biratu

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM