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A Joint Meeting of The Royal Meteorological Society and the European Meteorological Society. See also a meeting Report by Rabea Haas DOWNLOAD INFORMATION ABOUT YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL AWARD
Morning: AMMA and the operational environment in West Africa
0900: Introduction to the AMMA operational programme: Jan Polcher (CNRS, France)
0915 Operational meteorology: observational networks, weather analysis and forecasting: Andreas Fink (University of Cologne, Germany)
0940 Seasonal prediction for West Africa (joint with ENSEMBLES programme) : Nathalie Philippon-Blanc (University of Bourgogne, France)
1005 Agriculture and climate vulnerability : Ole Mertz (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
1030 Coffee
1100 Climate and health: Andrew Morse (University of Liverpool, UK)
1125 Hydrological processes and water resources: Harouna Karambiri (International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering, Burkina Faso)
1150 Education in Meteorology and Climate in West Africa: Sylvester Danuor (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana)
1215 Lunch
Afternoon: AMMA science: Advances in understanding the West African monsoon
1400: President’s introduction
1405: Organiser’s introduction: The AMMA scientific programme: Philosophy, achievements and lessons learned: Douglas Parker (University of Leeds, UK)
1415 Evolution of our understanding of weather systems over West Africa: Jean-Philippe Lafore (CNRM, France)
1440 New perspectives on land-atmosphere interactions: Chris Taylor (CEH Wallingford, UK)
1505 The Water Cycle of the West African Monsoon: Anna Agusti-Panareda (ECMWF)
1530 Tea
1600 Atmospheric composition of West Africa and its role in the global climate: Celine Mari (CNRS / University of Toulouse, France)
1625 West African aerosol sources and their impact on the radiative balance. Jim Haywood (Met Office, UK)
1650 Equatorial upper-ocean dynamics and their interaction with the west African monsoon: Peter Brandt (IFM-GEOMAR, Germany)
1715 Seasonal and Intraseasonal variability of the West African Monsoon: Serge Janicot (CNRS, France)
1740 Closing remarks
1745 Meeting closes. Those attending are welcome to come for the whole day or just the afternooon session at 2pm if preferred. A sandwich lunch is available at a cost of £5, please register in advance for this by emailing sue.snellgrove@rmets.org
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