The impact of the Saharan Air Layer on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-365

  Dunion, Jason P ^a   Velden, Christopher S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DUST; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES;

ATLANTIC CYCLONE ACTIVITY; GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE; SAHARAN AIR LAYER;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 2142705832     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-3-353     Document Type: Article

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