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N.; Guan, B.; Harr, P.; Heming, J.; Hsu, H.-H.; Jakob, C.; Janiga, M.; Johnson, R.; Jones, S.; Knippertz, P.; Marengo, J.; Nguyen, H.; Pope, M.; Serra, Y.; Thorncroft, C.; Wheeler, M.; Wood, R.; Yuter, S., 2012 The “Year” of Tropical Convection (May 2008 to April 2010): Climate variability and weather highlights Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(8), 1189-1218. doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3095.1 Gläser, G.; Knippertz, P.; B. Heinold, 2012 Orographic effects and evaporative cooling along a subtropical cold front: The case of the spectacular Saharan dust outbreak of March 2004 Mon. Wea. Rev., 140(8), 2520-2533. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00315.1 Berkes, F.; Knippertz, P.; Parker, D. J.; Jeans, G.; Quiniou-Ramus, V., 2012 Convective squalls over the eastern equatorial Atlantic Wea. Forecasting, 27(3), 770-783. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00086.1 Tompkins, A. M.; Parker, D.J.; Danour, S.; Amekudzi, L.; Bain, C. L.; Dominguez, A.; Douglas, M. W.; Fink, A. H.; Grimes, D. I. F.; Hobby, M.; Knippertz, P.; Lamb, P. J.; Nicklin, K. J.; Yorke, C., 2012 The Ewiem Nimdie Summer School series in Ghana Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93(5), 595-601. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00098.1 Brindley, H.; Knippertz, P.; Ryder, C.; Ashpole, I., 2012 A critical evaluation of the ability of SEVIRI thermal IR RGB rendering to identify dust events. Part A: Theoretical analysis J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07201, doi:10.1029/2011JD017326. Fink, A. H.; Pohle, S.; Pinto, J. G.; Knippertz, P., 2012 Diagnosing the influence of diabatic processes in the explosive deepening of extratropical cyclones over the North Atlantic Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L07803, doi:10.1029/2012GL051025. Knippertz, P.; Todd, M. C., 2012 Mineral dust aerosols over the Sahara: Processes of emission and transport, and implications for modeling Rev. Geophys., 50, RG1007, doi:10.1029/2011RG000362. 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H.; Knippertz, P.; Dixon, N.; Parker, D. J.; Lister, G. M. S., 2011 The importance of the representation of deep convection for modeled dust-generating winds over West Africa during summer Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L16803, doi:10.1029/2011GL048368. Knippertz, P.; Tesche, M.; Heinold, B.; Kandler, K.; Toledano, C.; Esselborn, M., 2011 Dust mobilization and aerosol transport from West Africa to Cape Verde – A meteorological overview of SAMUM-2 Tellus, 63B, 430-447. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00544.x. Heinold, B.; Tegen, I.; Schepanski, K.; Tesche, M.; Esselborn, M.; Freudenthaler, V.; Gross, S.; Kandler, K.; Knippertz, P.; Müller, D.; Schladitz, A.; Toledano, C.; Weinzierl, B.; Ansmann, A.; Althausen, D.; Müller, T.; Petzold, A.; Wiedensohler, A., 2011 Regional modelling of Saharan dust and biomass burning smoke – Part 1: Model description and evaluation Tellus, 63B, 781-799. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00570.x. Knippertz, P.; Chagnon, J. M.; Foster, A.; Lathouwers, L.; Marsham, J. 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H.; Pohle, S., 2009 Reply to “Comments on Dry-Season Precipitation in Tropical West Africa and its Relation to Forcing from the Extratropics” by T. Spengler and J. Egger Mon. Wea. Rev., 137(9), 3151-3157. doi:10.1175/2009MWR3006.1 Knippertz, P.; Fink, A. H., 2009 Prediction of dry-season precipitation in tropical West Africa and its relation to forcing from the extratropics Wea. Forecasting, 24(4), 1064-1084. doi:10.1175/2009WAF2222221.1 Reinfried, F.; Tegen, I.; Heinold, B.; Hellmuth, O.; Schepanski, K.; Cubasch, U.; Hübener, H.; Knippertz, P., 2009 Density currents in the Atlas Region leading to dust mobilization: A model sensitivity study J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08127. doi:10.1029/2008JD010844 Knippertz, P.; Trentmann, J.; Seifert, A., 2009 High-resolution simulations of convective cold pools over the northwestern Sahara J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08110. doi:10.1029/2008JD011271 Flamant, C.; Knippertz, P.; Parker, D. 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