Regional Climate Model (RegCM3) simulation of the African Climate using ERA-Interim reanalysis at the boundaries

(1) Cheikh Anta Diop University, Polytechnic School, Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics, Dakar, Senegal (syllabamba@yahoo.fr), (2) University of L’Aquila,Centre of Excellence CETEMPS,Department of Physics, L’Aquila, Italia, (3) International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Earth System Physics Section, Physics of Weather and Climate Group, Trieste, Italia, (4) Ente per le Nuove Technologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente, Climate Section, Casaccia Center, Roma, Italia