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Publications:

 

Cook K.-H. and E.K. Vizy, 2006: Coupled Model Simulations of the West African Monsoon System: 20th century Simulations and 21st Century Predictions.  J. Climate, 19, 3681-3703.

 

Douville, H., S. Conil, S. Tyteca, A. Voldoire, 2006: Soil moisture memory and West African monsoon predictability:artefact or reality?, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-0207-8.

 

Druyan, L.M., M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, 2006: Mesoscale analyses of West African summer climate: focus on wave disturbances, Climate Dynamics, 26, DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-0141-9.

 

Druyan, L.M., M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, 2007: Spatial variability of regional model simulated June–September mean precipitation over West Africa, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L18709, DOI 10.1029/ 2007 GL031270.

 

Druyan, L.M., M. Fulakeza, P. Lonergan, 2007:The impact of vertical resolution on regional model simulation of the west African summer monsoon, International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1636.

 

Kang, H.-S., Y. Xue, and G. J.  Collatz, 2007:  Impact Assessment of Satellite-Derived Leaf Area Index Datasets Using a General Circulation Model.  J. Climate, 20, 993-1015.

 

Lau, K. M., J. Matsumoto, M. Ballasinno, and H. Berbery, 2004:  Validation of diurnal variability over monsoon regions: a CIMS pilot study.  CEOP Newsletter 5, 2-4.

 

Lau, K.M., M. K. Kim, and K. M. Kim, 2006:  Asian summer monsoon anomalies induced by aerosol direct forcing: the role of the Tibetan Plateau.  Climate Dynamics, 26, 855-864.

 

Li, W.-P., Y. Xue, and I. Poccard, 2007:  Numerical Investigation of the Impact of Vegetation Indices on the Variability of West African Summer Monsoon.
J. Meteor. Soc. Japan
, 85a, 363-383.

 

Prospero, J. M. and P. J. Lamb, 2003: African Droughts and Dust Transport to the Caribbean: Climate Change Implications, Science 302, 1024 – 1027.

 

de Rosnay, P., A. Boone, A. Beljaars, and J. Polcher, 2006: AMMA Land-Surface modeling and intercomparison projects. /GEWEX News/, February, *16* (1), 10-11.

 

Rowell, D. P., 2003: The Impact of Mediterranean SSTs on the Sahelian Rainfall Season, 16, 849-8610.

 

Xue, Y. and J. Shukla, 1998: model simulation of the influence of global SST anomalies on the Sahel rainfall.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2782-2792.

 

Xue, Y., H.-M. H. Juang, W. Li, S. Prince, R. DeFries, Y. Jiao, R. Vasic, 2004a: Role of land surface processes in monsoon development: East Asia and West Africa.  J. Geophy.  Res., 109, D03105, doi:10.1029/2003JD003556.

 

 Xue, Y., R.W.A. Hutjes, R.J. Harding, M. Claussen, S. Prince, E. F. Lambin, S. J. Allen, P. Dirmeyer, T. Oki, 2004b: The Sahelian Climate (Chapter A5) in Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate, Eds, P. Kabat, M. Claussen, P. A. Dirmeyer, et al., Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, P59-77.

 

 Zeng, N., 2003, Drought in the Sahel, Science, 302, 999– 1000.