Alessandra Giannini International Research Institute for Climate & Society, USA
15:10
15:30
Sensitivity of North Africa to climate variability: A diagnostic study of 2003 exceptional weather in Tunisia
20'
Ammar Ouali Université de Tunis, Tunisia
15:30
15:50
Characterization of the West African Heat Low and its modes of variability
20'
Fabrice Chauvin École Nationale de la Météorologie, France
15:50
16:20
Coffee Break
30'
16:20
17:00
Monsoon onset and monsoons breaks
40'
Kerry Cook Cornell University, USA
17:00
17:20
Seasonal hindcast skill for precipitation over Africa from the European multi-model ensemble system DEMETER
20'
Jennifer Barnes University College London, UK
17:20
18:00
Simulations of Sahel rainfall & drought in an AGCM multimodel ensemble & is the Gulf of Guinea SST forcing connecting the African and Indian monsoon systems
Analysis of a 30 year simulation of the sub-Saharan Africa climate with the PRECIS regional climate model: A step towards developing future regional climate scenarios for impacts studies in Africa
Droughts: Global seasonal cycle, monitoring and predictions
40'
Wassila Thiaw Environmental Modeling Center, USA
09:40
10:00
Drought in Morocco: Observation and evolution
20'
Fatima Driouech Centre National d'Exploitation Météorologique, Morocco
10:00
10:20
El Niño-related drought in the semi-arid region over southwestern Madagascar
20'
Vohanginiriana Ramiandrisoa Direction de la Météorologie et Hydrologie Nationale, Madagascar
10:20
11:00
Coffee Break
40'
11:00
11:40
The 2005 Record Droughts of East Africa & Anomalies in the Rest of Africa
40'
Fred Semazzi North Carolina State University, USA
11:40
12:00
Drought analysis in Tanzania
20'
Ladislaus B. Chang'a Tanzania Meteorological Agency, Tanzania
12:00
12:20
Analysis of the recent prolonged drought over the northeastern highlands of Tanzania
20'
Agnes L. Kijazi Tanzania Meteorological Agency, Tanzania
12:20
14:30
Lunch Break
02h10'
14:30
15:10
Some of the local and remote factors associated with recent East African droughts
40'
Richard Anyah Rutgers University, USA
15:10
15:30
The boundary forcing mechanisms and predictability aspects of seasonal droughts and floods in the greater eastern Africa
20'
Joseph N.Mutemi University of Nairobi, Kenya
15:30
15:50
Multi-model operational seasonal forecasts for SADC
20'
Mxolisi Shongwe Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Institut, Netherlands
15:50
16:20
Coffee Break
30'
16:20
17:50
Round table on drought in Africa
01h30'
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