Oral Programme AS1.17

AS1.17

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
Convener: Christopher Taylor  | Co-Conveners: Harald Kunstmann , Serge Janicot , Béatrice Marticorena , Lorenzo Genesio 
Oral Programme
 / Mon, 03 May, 13:30–17:00  / Room 11
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Mon, 03 May, 17:30–19:00  / Halls X/Y

Monday, 3 May 2010
Room 11
Chairperson: Serge Janicot
13:30–14:00
EGU2010-15094
AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa (solicited) Press & Media
Jan Polcher, Doug Parker, and Amadou Gaye and the AMMA Management Team
14:00–14:15
EGU2010-2653
The impact of soil moisture inhomogeneities on modification of a mesoscale convective system: a budget-based model analysis
Bianca Adler, Leonhard Gantner, and Norbert Kalthoff
14:15–14:30
EGU2010-14313
Comparison of the annual cycle of atmospheric parameters at Djougou and Niamey in relation to the surface energy balance
Bernhard Pospichal and Susanne Crewell
14:30–14:45
EGU2010-6599
An AMMA case-study of banal daytime convection over semi-arid land featuring distinctive modelling issues
Françoise Guichard, Catherine Rio, Fleur Couvreux, Amanda Gounou, Marie Lothon, Dominique Bouniol, Bernard Campistron, and Michel Chong
14:45–15:00
EGU2010-4896
Identification and Tracking of Soudano-Sahelian Depressions: Case Studies and Climatology
Kerstin Schepanski, Peter Knippertz, and Heini Wernli
COFFEE BREAK
15:30–15:45
EGU2010-1244
Assessment and limits of the existent seasonal forecasts as support for the decision making process in the Sahel
Maurizio Bacci, Lorenzo Genesio, Andrea Di Vecchia, Vieri Tarchiani, and Patrizio Vignaroli
15:45–16:00
EGU2010-11658
Experimental determination of the refractive index and single scattering albedo of African mineral dust as a function of source region
Anne Klaver, Paola Formenti, Servanne Chevaillier, Sandrine Caquineau, Karine Desboeufs, and Jean Louis Rajot
16:00–16:15
EGU2010-11259
Interannual variability of Nitrogen compounds emission and deposition in West and Central Africa
Claire Delon, Corinne Galy-Lacaux, Marcellin Adon, Cathy Liousse, Aaron Boone, and Dominique Serça
16:15–16:30
EGU2010-5084
Influence of the Mediterranean sea on the West African Monsoon: intraseasonal variability in numerical simulations
Marco Gaetani, Bernard Fontaine, Pascal Roucou, and Marina Baldi
16:30–16:45
EGU2010-482
Sahel rainfall and decadal to multi-decadal sea surface temperature variability
Elsa Mohino, Serge Janicot, and Juergen Bader
16:45–17:00
Presentation of posters