Abstract: Results of a statistical analysis of wind data collected in West Africa during the summer of 1974 (GATE) are presented. A comparison of the wind meridional components in Bamako and Dakar shows that the easterly wave ...

Abstract: In order to predict the daily rain amount at Dakar at 1?5-day lead times, 65 thermodynamical and dynamical indices are computed at each grid point for the area 15°S?30°N, 30°W?30°E. The data used are NCEP?NCAR reanalyses ...

Abstract: Five-day forecasts using the high-resolution T213L31 Operational Global Spectral Model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and associated analyses for summer 1995 are compared in this study to assess ...