Primary Convener: Charles M Ichoku, Howard University, Washington, DC, United States
Convener: Amin K Dezfuli, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison: Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Chairs: Charles M Ichoku, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Amin K Dezfuli, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison: Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
05:30
The African Rainfall Project: High resolution (1km) weather modeling at continental scale thanks to the World Community Grid (664687)
Nick Van De Giesen, Delft University of Technology, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands, Camille Le Coz, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands and Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Environmental Science, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States
05:36
Projecting the impacts of climate change-induced droughts on crops and water in a North-African watershed (757948)
Youssef Brouziyne, Mohammed VI Polyetchnic University (UM6P), International Water Research Institute, Benguerir, Morocco, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco, Aziz Abouabdillah, Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes, Meknes, Morocco and Lahcen Benaabidate, University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Environment, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment Engineering, Fés, Morocco
05:39
Regional Drivers of the Sahel Precipitation Response to Anthropogenic Aerosol Forcing (669731)
Haruki Hirasawa, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Paul J Kushner, University of Toronto, Physics, Toronto, ON, Canada, Michael Sigmond, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada, John Fyfe, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, Canada and Clara Deser, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
05:48
Subseasonal scale climate variability and food insecurity in West Africa (677240)
Shraddhanand Shukla1, Kathryn Grace2, Colin P Kelley3, Lona Issaka4, Alkhalil Adoum5, Seydou Tinni6, Daniel McEvoy7, Frank Davenport8 and Gregory J Husak1, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Group, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observ., Palisades, NY, United States, (4)AGRiculture HYdrology and METeorology Center, Niamey, Niger, (5)AGRiculture HYdrology and METeorology Regional Centre, Nimaey, Niger, (6)AGRiculture HYdrology and METeorology Regional Centre, Niamey, Niger, (7)University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (8)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
05:51
Slow Recovery of Lake Chad as an Early Warning Signal for Abrupt Climate Change (682702)
Churchill Okonkwo, University of Maryland Global Campus, Environmental Science & Management, Adelphi, MD, United States, Chigozie J. O Anarado, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Awka, Nigeria and Jennifer Obado Joel, University of Central Florida, School of Politics, Security and International Affairs, Orlando, FL, United States
05:57
Exploring the Nexus between Pastoral Food Security and Carbon Sequestration in Kenyan Rangelands. (752403)
Rekha Warrier1, Patrick Keys1, Randall B Boone2,3 and Kathleen A. Galvin4, (1)Colorado State University, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Department of Anthropology and Geography, Fort Collins, United States
06:03
Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in Central Africa (Invited) (681570)
Trevon Louis Fuller1,2, Paul R Sesink Clee3, Kevin Yana Njabo4, Anthony Tróchez2, Katy Morgan5, Demetrio Bocuma Meñe3, Nicola M Anthony5, Mary Katherine Gonder3, Walter R Allen2, Rachid Hanna6 and Thomas B Smith2, (1)Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (3)Drexel University, Philadelphia, United States, (4)University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)University of New Orleans, New Orleans, United States, (6)International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Yaounde, Cameroon
