African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

Dakar 2005: Programme

Programme

The programme included a mixture of plenary sessions, poster sessions and parallel working sessions. The plenary sessions included invited and contributed oral presentations. The working sessions were designed to provide an opportunity to discuss future research directions in AMMA as well as to coordinate and promote international collaboration. A workshop dedicated to climate impacts was scheduled to occur on Saturday and Sunday after the conference.

Programme (document for download)

Scheduled Poster sessions (for download, version 23rd of November 2005)

Programme with presentations (for download)

Monday, 28 November Opening Session Venue: DIARAMA Hall Chair: A. Gaye
09:00 – 09:45		Opening / Ouverture
09:00– 09:05		Pr. A. Gaye	Welcome/Bienvenue
09:05 - 09:25		CSAM	AMMA: un enjeu pour la Recherche Africaine
09:25 - 09:35		ISSC	AMMA: un programme qui mobilise la communauté internationale
09:35 - 10:15		Senegal authorities speeches / Discours des autorités du Sénégal
		Mr le Directeur Météorologie Sénégalaise Mactar Ndiaye
		Mr le Recteur Abdou Salam Sall, Président de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop
		Mme la Ministre de la Recherche du Sénégal Pr Yaye Ken Gasama Dia
10:15 - 11:00		Speeches from IGB / Discours IGB (International Governing Board)
		G. Amanatidis	EU Research on Climate Change
		CIOMA (Comité Interorganismes Français AMMA)	French agencies AMMA
		V. Desforges	IRD AMMA
11:00 - 11:30		COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 11:40		J. McQuaid	Logistics
		Introduction to AMMA Programme / Introduction au programme AMMA
11:40 - 12:00		J.-L. Redelsperger & C. Thorncroft	AMMA-International
12:00 - 12:20		Amadou Gaye & Arona Diedhiou	AMMA-Africa
12:20 - 12:40		T. Lebel & D. Parker	ICIG / session posters campagnes d'observations
12:40 - 14:00		LUNCH
14:00 – 18.00		First Plenary: West African Monsoon and Global Climate Venue: Main Amphitheatre Chair: S. Janicot Talks last 15 minutes (including 2 minutes for questions)
	#	Author	Title
14:00 - 14:10		Serge Janicot	Introduction to Session
	1,01	Kiladis, George N., Chris D. Thorncroft, and Nicholas M.J. Hall	A New Perspective on African Easterly Waves, Part I: Observations
	1,02	Adamou, Garba; Abalovi, Kofivi; Kone, Diakaria; Diedhiou, Arona; Gaye, Amadou Thierno; et G. Jenkins	Etude Multivariables de la Dynamiques des Systemes Convectifs en Afrique de l'Ouest
	1,03	Gbuyiro, S.O., and B.N Orji	Seasonal Forecasting of Thunderstorms in West Africa Using Satellite Data
	1,04	Hopsch, Susanna B., Chris Thorncorft, Kevin Hodges and Anantha Aiyyer	West African Storm tracks and their relationship to Atlantic tropical cyclones
	1,05	Sultan, B., S. Janicot, A. Lazar and C. Menkes	The Atmospheric Dynamics of the West African Monsoon Onset and its Ocean Counterpart
	1,06	Ochou, Delfin A., Angora Aman, Yves K. Kouadio, P. Assamoi	Nouveau Zonage Climatique base sur la Variabilite de la Pluviometrie en Cote d'Ivoire et au Ghana
	1,07	Sarr, Abdoulaye	Assessing Simulations of Western African present time Climate using RegCM3
15:55 - 16:10		COFFEE BREAK
	1,08	Reason, C.J.C.	Intraseasonal variability in the South Atlantic and the West African monsoon
	1,09	Giannini, Alessandra, Michela Biasutti and Beate Liepert	Mechanisms of Ocean-Forced Sahel Drought
	1,10	Thiaw, Wassila M., and Kingtse C. Mo	Impact of sea surface temperature and soil moisture on seasonal rainfall prediction over the Sahel
	1,11	Lorant, V., L. Terray and S. Jourdain	Regional-scale climate change detection over West Africa
	1,12	Formenti, P., B. Marticorena, K. Desboeufs, J. L. Rajot	Mineral dust in Saheian Africa: (I) rationale for the AMMA field experiment
	1,13	Law, K., V. Thouret, M. Pham, I. Bouarar, M.-A. Filiberti, F. Hourdin, J.-Y. Grandpeix, P. Nedelec, B. Sauvage, V.-H. Peuch, C. Galy-Lacaux, D. Hauglustaine, S. Szopa, and C. Granier	Preliminary Evaluation of Global Model Simulations of Trace Gas Distributions over West Africa
	1,14	Liousse, C., B. Guillaume, J.M. Grégoire, A. Konaré, F. Solmon and C. Junker	Impact of african biomass burning emissions on combustion aerosol burden, transport and deposition
18:00– 19:30		First poster session: AMMA Field Observations
19:30 - 21:30		Cocktail reception

Tuesday, 29 Novembre Second Plenary: Water Cycle Venue: Main Amphitheatre Chairs: A. Gaye & JL Redelsperger Talks last 15 minutes (including 2 minutes for questions)
Time	#	Author	Title
08:30 - 10:15		A. Gaye & JL Redelsperger	Introduction
	2,01	Sambou, Soussou	Tendance climatique à partir des séries pluviométriques du bassin amont du Fleuve Sénégal : l'exception de la station de Bakel
	2,02	Onibon, Hubert, Thierry Lebel, Abel Afouda	Application of the Gibbs sampler to conditional simulation of Sahelian rain fields
	2,03	Guichard, F., J.-P. Lafore, C. Piriou, N. Asencio, A. Boone et J.-L. Redelsperger	Analysis of large-scale atmospheric water budget estimations over West Africa during the monsoon season
	2,04	Chopin, F., and J.C Berges	Using MSG for GPCP products enhancement
	2,05	Adeyewa, Z. Debo, Edward Zipser and Chuntao Liu	TRMM-observed Characteristics of West African Mesoscale Convective Weather Systems
	2,06	Tanu, Michael M., and Karen I. Mohr	Multi-year Precipitation and Streamflow Analysis for Two Rivers in Ghana
	2,07	Moussa, Ibrahim Bouzou, L. Descroix, S.Boubkraoui, I. Mamadou, I. Alzouma, Eric Le Breton, Okechukwu Amogu	Changements d'usage des sols et modifications du cycle de l'eau au Sahel
10:15 - 10:30		COFFEE BREAK
	2,08	Kucera, Paul A., Everette Joseph, Greg Jenkins, Amadou Gaye	Implementation and Initial Evaluation of a Rain Gauge Network Deployed in Senegal
	2,09	Bouniol, Dominique, Alain Protat, Nicolas Viltard, Yvon Lemaître, and Georges Scialom	Contribution of the MCS anvils to radiative, heat and water budgets : a strategy for quantification at different scales
	2,10	Bock, O., M.N. Bouin, F. Guichard, A. Walpersdorf, E. Doerflinger, F. Masson	Analysis of total water vapour content from GPS data, radiosondes and numerical weather prediction models in West Africa
	2,11	ALI, Abdou, Abou AMANI, Thierry LEBEL	Approche de modélisation intégrée de la variabilité pluviométrique au Sahel
	2,12	Karambiri, H., H. Yacouba, D. Sanou, P. Diello, M. Guilliod, G. Mahé, J-E. Paturel	Caracterisation de la Reponse Hydrologique et de l'Erosion Hydrique d'un Petit Bassin Versant Sahelien: Bassin Versant de Tougou au Nord du Burkina Faso
	2,13	Favreau, G., A. Guero, S. Massuel, Y. Nazoumou, M. Descloitres, M. LeBlanc, B. Cappelaere, L. Descroix	The Rising Water Table in SW Niger, A Sahelian Paradox? New Results and Perspectives
		AMMA-Satellite
12:00 - 12:25		Desbois Michel	Presentation of AMMA-Satellite
12:25 - 12:40		Introduction to Tonight's Poster Session
		Serge Janicot	West African Monsoon and Global Climate Poster Session
12:40 - 14:00		LUNCH
14:00 – 17:30		*Parallel working sessions* "West African Monsoon and Global Climate" "Water cycle"	Venue: Main Amphitheatre; Chairs: A Diedhiou / S. Janicot / P. Lamb Venue: Casamance Room; Chairs: A. GAye & JL Redelsperger
15:30 - 16:15		COFFEE BREAK
18:00 – 19:30		Second poster session: West African Monsoon and Global Climate

Wednesday, 30 Novembre Third Plenary: Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks Venue: Main Amphitheatre Chair: J. Polcher/B. Bourles Talks last 18 minutes (including 2 minutes for questions)
Time	#	Author	Title
08:15 - 11:55		J. Polcher & B. Bourles	Introduction
	3,01	Douville, Hervé, and Sébastien Conil	Soil moisture influence on the West African Monsoon variability and predictability at the seasonal timescale
	3,02	Xue, Yongkang, Hyun-Suk Kang, David Niyogi, G. James Collatz, Charles Taylor, Seydou Doumbia, Molly E. Brown	Land/climate interaction in West Africa
	3,03	Mougin E., Hiernaux P., Kergoat L., Seghieri J., Lavenu F., Tracol Y., Jarlan L., Diarra L., Dembélé F., Karembé M., Mougenot B., Timouk F., de Rosnay P., LeDantec V., Baup F., Mangiarotti S.	Réponse de la végétation sahélienne en Afrique de l'Ouest à la variabilité climatique. Conséquences sur les interactions surface-atmosphère
	3,04	Boone, A., P. de Rosnay and J.-P. Lafore	Multiscale land surface model database and intercomparison within AMMA
	3,05	d'Orgeval, T., J. Polcher, P. de Rosnay, T. Ngo-Duc	Impact of the Sahel drought on the water balance in LSMs
	3,06	Intsiful, J., Bagamsah T. T, Denich M., Fosu M., Vlek P. L. G., Pal, J., Solmon, F. and Allotey, F	Modeling the impacts of bushfire-induced land use change on surface energy fluxes, moisture indicators and atmospheric chemistry in the Volta Basin
10:05 - 10:25		COFFEE BREAK
	3,07	Taylor, Christopher M.	Soil moisture - rainfall feedbacks in the Sahel
	3,08	Lothon, M, F. Couvreux, S. Donier, F. Guichard, P. Lacarrère, F. Saïd	Organized structures in the Sahelian boundary layer during the transition period between the wet and dry seasons
	3,09	Haarsma, Reindert, Wilco Hazeleger, Wim-Paul Bruegem, Roberto de Almeida	Tropical Atlantic variability in the coupled SPEEDO model
	3,10	Sow, Bamol Ali	Modélisation de l'upwelling sénégalais
	3,11	Trzaska, Sylwia, Andrew W. Robertson, John D. Farrara, Carlos R. Mechoso	Coupled ocean-atmosphere variability in the South Atlantic
11:55 - 12:30		Introduction to Tonight's Poster Session
		Jan Polcher and Bernard Bourles	Surface Atmosphere Feedbacks
		Amadou Gaye and Jean-Luc Redelsperger	Water Cycle
12:30 - 14:00		LUNCH
14:00 - 17:30		*Parallel working sessions* "Hydrology Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks" "Aerosol-Chemistry-Atmosphere Coupling"	Venue: Main Amphitheatre; Chairs: C. Taylor & J. Polcher Venue: Casamance Room; Chair: C. Mari
15:30 - 16:15		COFFEE BREAK
18:00 - 19:30		Third Poster Session: Water Cycle and Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks

Thursday, 1 December Fourth Plenary: High Impact Weather Prediction and Predictability Venue: Main Amphitheatre Chairs: Ernest Afiesimama/Chris Thorncroft Talks last 20 minutes (including 2 minutes for questions)
Time	#	Author	Title
08:30 - 12:20		Ernest Afiesimama and Chris Thorncroft	Introduction
	4,01	Kamga F., Andre	Progress towards useful predictions of high impact weather and climate in sub-Saharan Africa
	4,02	Gbuyiro S.O , Orji, B.N and A.O Ediang	Monitoring of Mid Summer Drought in West Africa using global models
	4,03	Afiesimama, Ernest A., and T. Obidike	On weather forecasting techniques over West African region
	4,04	Diop-Kane, M.	Predicting convective systems in West Africa: the experience of JET2000
	4,05	Mumba, Zilore	Prediction and Predictability of High-Impact Weather Systems
10:10 - 10:30		COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:00		Brun Eric	Introduction to THORPEX
	4,06	Nuret M., Rabier F., Montmerle T., Karbou F.	Recent Improvement in Data Assimilation at Meteo-France: Emphasis on AMMA Region
	4,07	Lafore, J.P., N. Asencio, P. Chapelet, F. Favot, M. Nuret, N. Chapelon, Z. Mumba, A. El Majdoub, A. Kamga, A. Hassne, A. Diongue,M. Jidane, S. Milton, A . Ghelli, W. Thiaw, A. Tchouanwo, C. Mari, JP. Chaboureau, B. Sultan, L. Fairhead, G. Berry	The Dry-run forecasting activities in Summer 05 for AMMA: Elaboration and test of the Forecasting tools, methods and procedures
	4,08	Laing, Arlene, Richard Carbone, and Vincenzo Levizzani	The diurnal cycle and propagation of precipitating convection in Africa
	4,09	Diongue-Niang, Aïda, et Siham Sbii	Developing Numerical Weather Prediction in Africa: Perspective for Senegal
12:20 - 12:40		Introduction to Tonight's Poster Session
		Ernest Afiesimama and Chris Thorncroft	High Impact Weather Prediction and Predictability
		Abou Amani, Andy Morse and Madeline Thomson	Prediction of Climate Impacts
12:40 - 14:00		LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30		*Parallel working sessions* "High Impact Weather Prediction and Predictability" "Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling" "GCM Evaluation and Associated Process Studie in AMMA"	Venue: Casamance Room; Chairs: E. Afiesimama & C. Thorncroft Venue: Des Lions; Chairs: B. Bourles & G. Caniaux Venue: Somone Room; Chair: F. Hourdin, P. Ruti, S. Janicot
15:30 - 16:15		COFFEE BREAK
18:00 - 19:30		Fourth Poster Session: High Impact Weather Prediction and Predictability, Prediction of Climate Impacts and West African Monsoon and Climate (cont)

Friday, 2 December Fifth Plenary: Prediction of Climate Impacts Venue: Main Amphitheatre Chairs: A. Amani/A. Morse/M. Thomson Talks last 15 minutes (including 2 minutes for questions)
Time	#	Author	Title
08:30 - 12:20		A. Amani / A. Morse / M. Thomson	Introduction
	5,01	Sandholt, I., A. Reenberg, K. Rasmussen, B. Barbier,C. Baron, C. Feau, H. Karambiri, E. Lambin,B. Muller,A. Nørgaard, B. Sultan, L. Genesio, P. Vignaroli	Approaches to studying adaptation to climate change and fluctuations in the West-African Sahel-Sudan
	5,02	Malou, Raymond, Fatou Diop Ngom, Honoré Dacosta, Léonard Elie Akpo, Diome Fary	Les fluctuations de nappe comme enregistreur de la dynamique de la mousson Ouest Africaine
	5,03	Tellro Waï, Nadji	Prevision Saisonniere comme Outil de Prevention et Gestion des Catastrophes Naturelles: Tentative d'Experimentation au Tchad dans le Cadre du Projet Firma II-B
	5,04	Cournil C., Amigues J.P. and P. Mazzega	A first step toward a model coupling the climate and resources variability with socio-economical dynamics and legal norms
	5,05	Mariko A., Mahé G., Servat E.	Impact de la variabilité hydroclimatique sur la dynamique spatio-temporelle de l'inondation en zone lacustre sahélienne par NOAA/AVHRR sur la période 1990-2000 : cas du Delta intérieur du Niger au Mali
	5,06	Grimes, D.I.F., C.K. Teo, B. Gomez	Assessment of uncertainty on satellite-derived areal rainfall estimates based on a dual sequential simulation
	5,07	Yaka P., Sultan B., Janicot S., Fourquet N. Philippon S., Courel M.F., Legrand M, Chiapello I.	Predicting the Meningitis epidemics in West Africa by using climate dynamics
	5,08	Jeanne, L, J. L. Rajot, A. Defossey, K. K. Kairo, M. Kalache, P. Boisier	Dust events and meningitis cases during the dry season (November to April) in the Sahel from 1995 to 2005: methodology for temporal and spatial analysis
10:15 - 10:30		COFFEE BREAK
	5,09	Ndione, Jacques-André, Jean-Pierre Lacaux, Yves M. Tourre, Baba Sall	Climatic and Environmental Conditions Associated with RVF in Senegal
	5,10	Diello, Pierre, Jean-Emmanuel Paturel, Gil Mahé, Harouna Karambiri, Eric Servat	Caracterisation de L'Evolution de Trois Classes D'Occupation du Sol dans le Sahel Burkinabe a Partir d'une Modelisation Demographique et d'Images Satellites: Application a la Modelisation Hydrologique
	5,11	Kouressy, Mamoutou, Michel Vaksmann	Le photopériodisme des sorghos Africains, une réponse à la variabilité climatique au Sahel. Cas des sorghos du Mali
	5,12	Trzaska, Sylwia, Liqiang Sun, Pauline Dibi-Kangah, Andrew Robertson	AGCM simulations of subseasonal characteristics of rainfall and implications for crop yield prediction in Central West Africa
	5,13	Traore, Seydou B.	Prévisions climatiques saisonnières en Afrique de l'Ouest : application à la prévision des rendements agricoles dans les pays du CILSS
	5,14	Hansen, James W., Ashok Mishra	Methods for Predicting Rainfall Impacts on Crops at a Long Lead Time
	5,15	Di Vecchia A., Genesio L., Vignaroli P.	Seasonal Climate Forecast for Impact Assessment in Food Crisis Prevention Process: Case Study in Mali
	5,16	Kangah, Pauline Dibi	Rainfall and Agriculture in Central West Africa: Predictability of crop yields in Burkina Faso

12:30 - 13:30		Doug Parker, Arona Diedhiou, C. Kane	ST4: African Funding Discussion
		Leplaideur Alain (DSF/IRD)	FSP Ripiecsa: An opportunity for AMMA
		Pacteau Chantal (DRI/CNRS)	CNRS support opportunities
		Parker Doug (UK)	DFID support opportunities
13:30 - 14:30		LUNCH
14:30 - 16:30		Conclusions from Parallel Working Sessions (15 minutes each, presented by session chairs)
		Diehdiou/Janicot/Lamb	West African Monsoon and Global Climate
		Hourdin/Ruti/Janicot	GCM Evaluation and Associated Process Studies in AMMA
		Mari	Aerosol-Chemistry-Atmosphere Coupling
		Bourles/Caniaux	Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling
		Gaye/Redelsperger	Water Cycle
		Taylor/Polcher	Hydrology-Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks
		Afiesimama/Thorncroft	High Impact Weather Prediction and Predictability
16:30 - 17:00		COFFEE BREAK
17:00 – 17:30		Redelsperger/Thorncroft	Final Discussions Closing Ceremony

Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 December
08:30 – 18:00		Workshop “Closing the gap: Developing the use of seasonal forecast products and climate observations by operational users in West Africa”

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