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The main goal of the present paper is to discuss the asymmetry of the rainfall distribution over the mountain range of the Fouta Djallon — Guinea — in relation with orography and local atmospheric circulation. The Fouta Djallon is the main West African hydrographic source area. The two principal rivers (Niger and Senegal) take birth in this region where, in addition, one of the highest cumulative...
The westward moving Soudano-Sahelian mesoscale convective systems (MCS) frequently reach and cross the Atlantic Coast. At the end of their continental route, most MCS weaken and vanish over the ocean, near the coast, while others strengthen. The latter play an important part in the genesis of some Atlantic tropical cyclones. In the present paper, following the work of Gray (1977, 1979) [Gray, W.M...
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