SWAG project

SWAG:
Sea-Wind-Aerosols interaction Generating
disturbances and extreme events

Disturbances induced by the ocean-atmosphere coupling off West Africa

To what extent and by what process do the upwellings in the Eastern tropical Atlantic region affect the African Easterly Waves and the vorticity associated with Meso-scale Convective systems?
The role of aerosols – Toward an ocean-atmosphere-continent coupling

How do the (thermo)dynamical components of the West African Monsoon and the processes associated with desert aerosols interact? What is the impact of aerosols on cyclogenesis off the coast of West Africa?
Extreme disturbances: tropical cyclones

What is the impact of the atmospheric and oceanic environment on the transition of mesoscale cyclonic vortices to tropical storms and cyclones, offshore West Africa?