Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction Studies of the West African Monsoon

该项目是NSF（0354589）支持的西非气候模拟研究工作的继续。 以前的工作重点是开发区域气候模式（RM 3），并利用卫星降水测量进行分析和模式验证。 该项目有三个组成部分：1）参与西非季风建模和评估（WAMME）项目建模和相互比较研究; 2）RM 3输出的诊断，以研究近几十年至今的非洲东风波; 3）利用RM 3进行气候变化模拟，以动态缩小IPCC对MRI（日本）模拟的未来预测（被认为是对当前西非气候最有利的模拟）。 所有组成部分的共同点是PI的区域模型和感兴趣的区域。 项目研究员将与尼日尔的尼亚美的非洲气象应用促进发展中心保持长期合作，该中心是在国家科学基金的其他赠款下发展起来的，在那里也将进行一些模拟和分析工作。

This project is a continuation of work supported by NSF (0354589) on climate modeling studies over West Africa. The previous work focused on development of the regional climate model (RM3) and analysis and model validation with satellite-based precipitation measurements. This project has three components: 1) Participation in the West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) project modeling and inter-comparison studies; 2) diagnostics of RM3 output to study African Easterly Waves from recent decades to current; and 3) climate change simulations using RM3 to dynamically downscale IPCC future projections from the MRI (Japan) simulation (deemed to have the most favorable simulation of the current West African climate). The common thread through all components is the PIs' regional model and region of interest. The PIs will maintain a long-running collaboration with the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in Niamey, Niger, developed under other NSF grants, where some simulation and analysis work will also be performed.