Maintenance of the midtropospheric North African summer circulation; Saharan high and African easterly jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2943-2962

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

BAROTROPIC MODEL SIMULATIONS; MIDTROPOSPHERIC SUMMER CIRCULATION; MONSOON CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE COOLING; THERMAL-LOW HEATING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; JET; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 25444501552     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3446.1     Document Type: Article

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