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Customization of TIGGE: Use of TIGGE data in West Africa. Aida Diongue-Niang ANACIM/Senegal Met. Service African THORPEX Regional Committee co-chair. Motivation use of TIGGE data. ECMWF portal http://tigge-portal.ecmwf.int NCAR portal http://tigge.ucar.edu
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ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 Customization of TIGGE:Use of TIGGE data in West Africa Aida Diongue-Niang ANACIM/Senegal Met. Service African THORPEX Regional Committee co-chair
ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 Motivation use of TIGGE data
ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 • ECMWF portal http://tigge-portal.ecmwf.int • NCAR portal http://tigge.ucar.edu • CMA portalhttp://bridge.cma.gov.cn:8080/tigge/index.sp
ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 http://tparc.mri-jma.go.jp/TIGGE/index.html
ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 • Schéma GFCS sur ISV
ICSC-9, Geneve, 21-22 September 2011 Research results : 3 main timescales: • – 25-90 days: link to the MJO (e.g. Matthews 2004, Janicot et al. 2009) • – 10-25 days: Quasi-Biweekly Zonal Dipole (QBZD, Mounier et al. 2008), Sahelian mode (Janicot et al. 2010), Variability of the Saharan Heat Low and link with midlatitudes (Chauvin et al. 2010, Roehrig et al. 2011) • – 3-10 days: African Easterly Waves • (e.g. Kiladiset al. 2006), Synoptic variability of precipitable water (Couvreux et al. 2010, Poan et al. 2012), Kelvin waves (Mounier et al. 2007). TIGG E