Moussa Diakhaté – PhD / Air

Moussa Diakhaté
PhD / Air-sea interaction
LPAO-SF/ESP/UCAD
BP 5085 Dakar-Fann
H (+221) 77 612 19 15
B [email protected]
Civil status
Nationality Senegalese.
Date of birth October 28, 1984.
Education
26 Janvier PhD thesis,
2015 Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI,
in sandwith with Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar,
http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066150.
2009 Master degree, option: meteorology, oceanography and arids evironment gestion,
at Ecole supérieure polytechnique of Dakar (Senegal).
October 2004 Bachelor on physics, at the physisical department of Université Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
to July 2008 (Senegal).
2004 High school diploma, at Lycée Valdiodio Ndiaye, Kaolack (Senegal).
Scientific Interests
Local air-sea interaction, Teleconection, Ocean impacts to continental climate &
Climate models biais
Positions & collaborations
March-July Posdoc position, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Senegal, PREFACE Project
2015 http://preface.b.uib.no/
Since 2013 I particpe to LMI-ECLAIRS activities,
https://sites.google.com/site/jointinternationallabeclairs/
2010-2014 Collaboration with PDI-MSC scientists,
http://www.ummisco.ird.fr/pdi/
Published papers
4 M. Diakhaté, G. de Coetlogon, A. Lazar, M. Wade and A. T. Gaye (2015): Intraseasonal
variability of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature: air-sea interaction over upwelling fronts.
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., DOI:10.1002/qj.2657.
3 Sane O. D., Gaye A. T., M. Diakhaté, Mawuli Aziadekey (2015). Social Vulnerability
Assessment to Flood in Medina Gounass Dakar. Journal of Geographic Information System 7,
415-429. doi: 10.4236/jgis.2015.74033.
2 de Coëtlogon G., M. Leduc Luballeur, R. Meynadier, S. Bastin, M. Diakhaté, L. Eymard, H.
Geordani, S. Janicot, A. Lazar (2013) : Air-sea interaction in the eastern Equatorial Atlantic
at intraseasonal timescales in boreal spring and summer: a quasi-biweekly equatorial oscillation.
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., DOI:10.1002/qj.2250.
1 Salack S., A. Giannini, M. Diakhaté, A.T. Gaye, B. Muller (2013) : Oceanic influence on the
sub-seasonal to interannual timing and frequency of extreme dry spells over the West African
Sahel. Clim. dyn. DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1673-4.
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Papers in preparation
2 M. Diakhaté, A. Lazar, G. de Coetlogon and A. T. Gaye: On the relationship between surface wind convergence and SST in the Tropical Atlantic. In preparation,
https: // www. dropbox. com/ s/ qbpalskqw5nmuqx/ Diakhate_ etal_ 2_ Draft. pdf? dl= 0
1 Meynadier R., G. de Coëtlogon, A. Lazar, L. Kounta, M. Diakhaté, L. Eymard: Impact of
SST and surface heat fluxes in the low level dynamics of the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic. In
Preparation
Oral communications
5 «Intraseasonal variability of the Atlantic basin : a focus on the eastern upwellings fronts»,
PREFACE General Meeting, 2014, Casablanca (Maroc).
4 «Intraseasonal variability of the sea surface temperature in the Tropical Atlantic», EGU 2014,
Vienne (Autriche).
3 «Interaction air-mer en Atlantique tropicale: Impacts sur la mousson africaine», à la Conférence
Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes Complexes 2011, Bondy (France).
2 «Intraseasonal interactions between Sea Surface Temperature and surface winds in the tropical
Atlantic: Case of july»,PIRATA-16/TACE/TAV Joint Meeting, 2011, Brasil.
1 «Interactions air-mer intrasaisonnière en Atlantique tropical: Analyse dans les observations et
les modèles», Doctoriales EDEQUE 2011, Dakar.
Papers
6 «On the relationship between surface winds convergence and SST over the tropical Atlantic
Ocean : Case of July», CLIVAR-PREFACE-PIRATA Tropical Atlantic Variability Conference
24th - 27th August 2015, Cape Town / South Africa.
5 «Quelques mécanismes pour interpréter les interactions océan-atmosphère», Journée porte
ouverte LMI ECLAIRS, 2014 à l’ESP, Dakar.
4 «Detéction et analyse des régimes dominants de la variabilité intrasaisonnière des températures
de surface de l’océan Atlantique tropical», Cinquantenaire de l’ESP.
3 «Detéction et analyse des régimes dominants de la variabilité intrasaisonnière des températures
de surface de l’océan Atlantique tropical», 2e Salon Africain de la Recherche et de l’Innovation
scientifique, 2014 au King Fadh Palace, Dakar
2 «Ocean-atmosphere interactions in the Tropical Atlantic at intraseasonal timescales», Europeen
General Assembly (EGU), 2012 in Vienna.
1 «Local interactions between Sea Surface Temperature and Winds in the Tropical Atlantic at
intraseasonal timescales», Europeen General Assembly (EGU), 2011 in Vienna.
Special skills
Informatic
Operating Lunix (ubuntu), Windows
Systems:
programming: Fortran 90, Phyton, R,
Matlab (Scilab, Octave)
visualization: Matlab (Scilab, Octave), R, Ncl, Grads,
Ferret, Phyton
Analysis tools
Statistics: Lagged linear correlation and regression, EOF, SVD & Clustering
Data Spectral & wavelet analyzes
processing:
Modeling: Atmospheric mixed layer emperical models / WRF
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Languages
French: good
English: good
Portuguese: notion
Others
I like working on group, reading, playing football and rap musique
References
Prof Amadou T. Gaye
Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique de Dakar / BP 5085 Corniche Ouest Dakar-Fann / Phone:
(+221) 33 825 93 64 / email: [email protected]
Dr Alessandra Giannini
The Earth Institute / Columbia University, Lamont Campus / 61 Route 9W, Monell Building /
Palisades, NY 10964-8000 USA / Phone: 1.845.680.4473 / email: [email protected]
Dr Alban Lazar
Bureau: Jus-312 / Université Paris VI / 4, Pl. Jussieu / 75252 Paris Cedex / Phone: +33
(0)144278445 / email: [email protected]
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