Convener: Thorncroft, C.D.
Monday, 20 April 1998
Lecture Room: EUTERPE

Chairperson: Thorncroft, C.D.

• 08:30 THORNCROFT, C.

Introduction
• 08:45 POCCARD, I.; JANICOT, S.; RICHARD, Y.

Interannual variability of SST - tropical circulation relationship on the period 1968-1997: focus on West Africa
• 09:00 TRZASKA, S.; JANICOT, S.; FONTAINE, B.

Numerical study of the impact of ENSO and decadal scale SST variability on Sahel rainfall
• 09:15 XUE, Y.; CLARK, D.B.; HARDING, R.J.

Mechanisms of West African monsoon and land surface process interaction
• 09:30 FINK, A.H.; SPETH, P.

Variability of the West African monsoon on intraseasonal and interannual time scales
• 09:45 EVANS, A.D.L.; HARRISON, M.S.J.

Simulation and prediction of the west African monsoon
• 10:00 COOK, K.H.

Large-scale dynamics and the West African monsoon
• 10:15 THORNCROFT, C.; BLACKBURN, M.

Maintenance of the African easterly jet

Chairperson: Thorncroft, C.D.

• 11:00 PYTHAROULIS, I.; THORNCROFT, C.D.

On the existence of warm core African easterly waves
• 11:15 XU, K.-M.; RANDALL, D.A.

Roles of cumulus convection in the Atlantic easterly waves
• 11:30 DIONGUE, A.; LAFORE, J.P.; REDELSPERGER, J.L.

Numerical study of interactions between a squall-line and an easterly wave
• 11:45 PARKER, D.

Propagation of the mesosclae storm flow of West African squall lines
• 12:00 TAUPIN, J.-D.

Decadal sahelian rainfall estimation over an area of 1 degree square: characterization of the "Ground Truth" according to the raingauge network density
• 12:15 MATHON, V.; LAURENT, H.

Automatic tracking of West African cloud clusters
• 12:30 JANICOT, S.; DIEDHIOU, A.

Interannual variability of intraseasonal and synoptic weather systems over West Africa on the period 1968-1997

17:00 Opening

19:30 Reception
 

OA17 Climate variability: models and observations (co-sponsored by SE)
.1 West African monsoon studies - Poster Session

Convener: Thorncroft, C.D.
Display Time: Monday, 09:00 - Friday, 13:00
Authors in Attendance: Wednesday, 17:00 - 19:00
Poster Area: LES MUSES

Chairperson: Thorncroft, C.D.

• OA171 DELCLAUX, F.; POLCHER, J.; LEBEL, T.

Rain event climatology in West Africa: comparison from in situ and GCM outputs
• OA172 LEBEL, T.; AMANIL, A.; LE BARBE, L.

Rainfall variability in the Sahel: a matter of scales
• OA173 TAUPIN, J.-D.

Characterization of sahelian rainfall spatial variability at a scale between 1 and 10 kilometres: the ARCOL experiment (region of Niamey, Niger)
• OA174 THORNCROFT, C.

The West African Monsoon Project *
• OA175 DIEDHIOU, A.; JANICOT, S.; VILTARD, A.; DE FELICE, P.; LAURENT, H.

Different regimes of easterly waves over West Africa and tropical Atlantic (1979-1995)