Session 11B North African monsoon (Parallel with Sessions 11A and J8) [This session is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Fongang, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère]

Thursday, 25 May 2000: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Host: 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Organizer:
John Fasullo, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Papers:
3:30 PM
11B.1
The West African monsoon onset and intra-seasonal variability
Serge Janicot, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and B. X. Sultan

3:45 PM
11B.2
Water cycle and mesoscale convective systems over West Africa
Siméon Fongang, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosphère, Dakar, Senegal; and S. M. Sall, F. K. Panda, J. Citeau, A. Gaye, and D. Badiane

4:00 PM
11B.3
Sensitivity of the West African Monsoon to Atlantic SST Anomalies
Edward K Vizy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

4:15 PM
11B.4
Recent trend in weather forecasting in West Africa using satellite imageries and global models
Sam Gbuyiro, Federal Department of Meteorology, Lagos, Nigeria

4:30 PM
11B.5
Assessment the 1999 Sahel summer rains and seasonal forecast verifications
Wassila M. Thiaw, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Washington, DC; and G. Bell and A. G. Barnston

4:45 PM
11B.6
Relationship between East African coastal rainfall and Indian Ocean SST
Christina O. Clark, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster and J. E. Cole

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