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People
Work packages
Reports written for PROMISE
Conferences
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People

Roy Kershaw (PI)
Gill Martin
Dave Rowell
Richard Betts
David Hassell
Richard Graham

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Work packages

WP1000 Natural variability of monsoons
WP1200 Seasonal predictability of monsoon climates
WP2000 Assessment of future monsoon climates in response to anthropogenic climate change
WP3100 Seasonal prediction of crop yields and assessment of climate change impacts on crop productivity
WP4000 Development of the PROMISE data archive (contracted out to CINECA)

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Reports written for PROMISE

6 month report

Annual report on WP1000

Annual report on WP1200

Annual report on WP2000

Annual report on WP3100

Annual report on WP4000

18 month report

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Conferences

EGS (April 2000)
AGU (Fall 2000)

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Relevant publications

Rowell, D.P., 1996: Reply to comments by Y.C. Sud and W.K.-M. Lau on `Variability of summer rainfall over tropical north Africa (1906-92): Observations and modelling' by D.P. Rowell, C.K. Folland, K. Maskell and M.N. Ward (April 4, 1995, 121, 669-704): Further analysis of simulated interdecadal and interannual variability of summer rainfall over tropical north Africa. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 122, 1007-1013

Rowell, D.P., 1998: Assessing potential seasonal predictability with an ensemble of multi-decadal GCM simulations. J. Climate, 11, 109-120

Rowell, D.P., 2000: Teleconnections between the tropical Pacific and the Sahel. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., Q.J.R. Meteorl. Soc., submitted

Rowell, D.P., Folland, C.K., Maskell, K. and Ward, M.N., 1995: Variability of summer rainfall over Tropical North Africa (1906-92): Observations and modelling. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 121, 669-704

Rowell, D.P., Folland, C.K., Maskell, K., Owen, J.A. and Ward, M.N., 1992: Modelling the influence of global sea surface temperatures on the variability and predictability of seasonal Sahel rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 905-908

Slingo, J.M., Rowell, D.P., Sperber, K.R. and Nortley, F., 1999: On the predictability of the interannual behaviour of the Madden Julian Oscillation and its relationship with El Nino. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 583-609

Thorncroft, C.D. and Rowell, D.P., 1998: Interannual variability of African wave activity in a GCM. Int. J. Climatol., 18, 1305-1323

Ward, M.N., Folland, C.K., Maskell, K., Colman, A., Rowell, D.P. and Lane, K., 1993: Experimental seasonal forecasting of tropical rainfall at the U.K. Meteorological Office. In: Prediction of Interannual Climate Variations, Shukla, J. (Ed.), NATO ASI Series, Vol. I6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 197-216

Martin, G.M. 1999. The simulation of the Asian Summer Monsoon, and its sensitivity to horizontal resolution, in the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125 1499-1525

Martin, G.M. and Soman, M.K. 2000. Effects of changing physical parametrisations on the simulation of the Asian summer monsoon in the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model. Hadley Centre Technical Note No. 17 Available from The Met. Office, London Road, Bracknell, RG12 2SY, U.K. and online

Martin, G.M. (2001) K. Arpe, F. Chauvin, L. Ferranti, K. Maynard, J. Polcher, D.B. Stephenson, P. Tschuck (2001) Simulation of the Asian Summer Monsoon in Five European General Circulation Models. Atmospheric Science Letters DOI:10.1006/asle.2000.0004 Full text online


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