Easterly wave regimes and associated convection over West Africa and tropical Atlantic: Results from the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF reanalyses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 795-822

  Diedhiou, A ^a   Janicot, S ^a   Viltard, A ^b   De Felice, P ^b   Laurent, H ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033427545     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050316     Document Type: Article

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